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When Qi and Blood are warmed, they flow freely; when exposed to cold, they coagulate and stagnate. The Liver stores Blood and sends it upward to nourish the eyes. If the Liver Meridian is deficient and cold, symptoms such as dim vision and tearing will occur.

Ancient texts record:
In cases of deficiency and consumptive disorders of the Five Zang Organs, if Wind-Heat rushes upward to the Liver, a nebula (cataract/opaque area on the cornea) growing from top to bottom is called "Ni Yi" (Reverse Nebula); one growing from bottom to top is called "Shun Yi" (Smooth Nebula). This disease is suitable for treatment with moxibustion and cauterization methods.

Eye Moxibustion Cake (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*), treating eyelid swelling with nebula formation, ptosis, and pain.
Ingredients: Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati (Dahuang, 大黄), prepared and crushed; Radix Curcumae (Yujin, 郁金); Rhizoma Coptidis (Huanglian, 黄连), stamens removed; each two liang. Grind the above herbs into a powder. Mix with sour millet rice paste and knead until uniform. Take five qian of the medicine each time, shape into cakes.

Poultice and Moxibustion Rehmannia Ointment Formula (from *Shengji Zonglu*), treating eyelid swelling.
Ingredients: Fresh Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Dihuang, 生地黄); sour millet rice starch. Use equal parts. Mash thoroughly into a fine ointment, spread evenly on thin silk cloth, approximately two cun square in size, apply and moxibustion over the eye.

Mache Moxibustion Formula for Eye Diseases with Pus Discharge (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*).
Ingredients: Seeds of Portulaca Oleracea (Machi Zi, 马齿子); Seeds of Amaranthus Manjusha (Ren Xian Zi, 人苋子); each half liang. Grind the above herbs into powder, place in a copper vessel, steam over rice until cooked. Wrap in cotton cloth and moxibustion the affected area to discharge pus and fluid.

Soup Vessel Moxibustion Formula for Red, Itchy, Gritty Eyes and All Eye Disorders (from *Shengji Zonglu*).
Method: Fill a container with hot water, preferably copper. Use to moxibustion the eyes. Keep eyes closed, do not open them, and do not rub the eyes with hands. Then, scoop up the hot water from the vessel to wash the eyes. Wait until slightly cool and repeat.

Middle Finger Moxibustion Method for Dim Vision (from *Shengji Zonglu*).
Method: Sit facing East, regulate breathing until calm. Use both middle fingers, moisten with saliva seven times, rub them together vigorously, then moxibustion the eyes. This is effective.

Needle Cauterization Method (from *Shengji Zonglu*), treating blindness after febrile diseases or thick white nebulae.
Method: Take a flat-headed needle, heat it red-hot according to the size of the nebula. Cauterize directly at the center of the nebula. Handle gently. If the nebula breaks after cauterization, immediately apply a small amount of medicine to remove the nebula.

Palm Moxibustion Method for Dim Vision (from *Shengji Zonglu*).
Method: At cockcrow, rub both hands together until extremely hot, moxibustion the eyes three times. Still use fingernails to scrape the inner and outer canthi. Feeling divine light emerge is excellent.

Eye Moxibustion Formula, treating redness and pain caused by Heat-Toxicity and Wind attacking the eyes, along with eyelid edema.
Method: Select one sheng of black soybeans, divide into ten portions. Wrap each securely in soft silk gauze, dip in boiling water, and alternately moxibustion while hot. Each portion is used three times.

Formula for Eye Pain Preventing Sleep and Redness/Pain with Nebula After Toxic Disease.
At dusk, moxibustion with new blue cloth, and steam soybeans. Place in a bag and use as a pillow, keeping it warm throughout the night.

Formula for Eye Injury Caused by Foreign Object Contacting the Cornea.
Method: Cook mutton until tender, moxibustion while hot. Do not make it too hot. Pork liver is also acceptable.