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Pour the juice of *Acorus tatarinowii* (Shichangpu, 石菖蒲) into the nasal cavity, or crush it and block the right nostril with the left side, and the left nostril with the right side; this is also effective. Alternatively, make small pills from the residue on a wooden comb and place them in the corner of the eye.

Apply powder made from fingernails to the affected area.

Decoct fresh *Gardeniae Fructus* (Zhizi, 栀子) to make a concentrated decoction. Continuously wash hands with it; upon washing, pain ceases and swelling subsides.

Saliva can be used to grind fingernail powder into a thick paste and apply it inside the eye; after a short while, wipe it out. Alternatively, apply lotus root juice.

If other herbal decoctions are used for washing, the pain will increase with each wash. One must gently rub the area with loose hair or bristles.

In urgent cases, have the patient lie on the ground and pour freshly passed warm urine over the affected area. For a slower approach, wash with one's own urine, and vision will clear immediately.

This refers to *Eleocharis hortensis* (E'er bushi cao, 鹅儿不食草). Block the right nostril if the left eye is affected, and the left nostril if the right eye is affected.

Another prescription: Boil and eat spinach frequently, without adding salt or soy sauce.

Stir yellow earth into water, let it settle, and use the clarified liquid to wash the affected area (use yellow earth dug from three chi deep underground).

If the pain is unbearable, or if there is frequent bleeding from the bowel accompanied by pain, this is termed "Liver Distension" (Gan Zhang, 肝胀). Decoct *Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix* (Qianghuo, 羌活), drink several cups, and it will heal. It can also be fumigated/washed or smoked.

For eyes protruding by one or two cun, irrigate the eyes with newly drawn cold water, changing it frequently until the eye returns to its socket naturally.

Place salt in the eye, then wash with cold water several times until healed. Or, if tears flow incessantly, soak *Coptidis Rhizoma* (Huanglian, 黄连) in concentrated juice and use it to moisten and wipe the area.

Scratch dirt from under fingernails using one's own nails, apply it into the eye, and the foreign body will be expelled.

Snow-white salt (ground to dust in a clean vessel): Dip a large rush pith (*Juncus effusus*, Dajingcao, 灯草) into a small amount of salt and gently dab it onto the corneal opacity (Yi, 翳) three times to cure (it causes no pain and removes star-like opacities).

Powdered *Myrobalanus Chebula Retusa* (Wubeizi, 五倍子), mixed with honey water, applied to the eyelids. Or, walk around a well three times daily to dissipate fire-heat.

Pepper, leek roots, orange leaves, and chrysanthemum leaves can all be crushed into pills, wrapped in cotton, and inserted into the nose overnight; the star-like opacities will recede naturally.

Wash with a decoction of *Phyllostachys nigra* (Shanmu, 杉木).

*Schizonepetae Spica* (Jingjie, 荆芥), *Herba Descurainiae Sophiae* (Qicai, 荠), *Vermisapis* (Tonglu, 铜绿), salt (each 1 qian), one *Prunus mume* (Wumei, 乌梅), and *Amygdalus communis* seeds (Xingren, 杏仁, peeled and de-husked, pounded into paste, 3 qian). Grind all into an extremely fine powder, wrap in black silk, rinse the affected eye with boiling water, three to four times morning and evening without interruption; complete recovery in fifteen days.

Mulberry leaves that did not fall during the twelfth lunar month: decoct and wash with warm temperature daily. Or, place salt in the corner of the eye and wash with cold water several times.

Take a blanket (regardless of newness), burn it to ash like tile ash, leave it on the ground overnight, grind finely, and mix with sesame oil for external application.