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Whenever there is an eye disease, headache often appears first. The pain radiates to the eyebrow bone and attacks upward toward the pupil of the eye. This is due to the accumulation of wind-heat pathogenic factors in the Yang meridians, which attack upward to the head and connect downward to the eye system, resulting in red vessels (conjunctival hyperemia).

Formulas:
Lingyangjiao San (Antelope Horn Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats unilateral headache caused by wind-toxin attacking, as well as pain in the eyebrow bone and temporal region.
Ingredients: Lingyangjiao (Antelope Horn, processed into flakes), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, de-bristled), Digupi (Cortex Lycii), Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, de-core), Fushen (Poria with Hostwood, de-wood), each 1 liang; Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, de-blackened heart); Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, crushed and sifted).
Usage: Take 3 qian per dose, decoct in water and drink.

Tianma Wan (Gastrodia Pill) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats wind-phlegm in the chest and diaphragm, causing dizziness and vertigo, with occasional episodes of dizziness and pain.
Ingredients: Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome), Xiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome, de-radicle), each 3 liang 5 qian; Lingyangjiao (Antelope Horn, shaved), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Baijiangcan (White Silkworm, straight ones, slightly roasted), each 1 liang.
Usage: Crush the nine ingredients into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, swallow with tea wine.

Xijiao Wan (Rhinoceros Horn Pill) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats unilateral pain at the eyebrow and temple, headache with mental restlessness, dark yellow urine, irritability in the four limbs, and insomnia.
Ingredients: Xijiao xie (Rhinoceros Horn flakes), Lingyangjiao xie (Antelope Horn flakes), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted until slightly red and cut), Tianzhuhuang (Calamus Tuber, ground), Yujin (Curcuma Aromatica Rhizome), each 0.5 liang; Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber, de-core).
Usage: Grind the ingredients finely, mix with honey to form pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, swallow with Licorice Decoction.

Chuanxiong Tang (Ligusticum Decoction) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats eye pain extending upward to the head.
Ingredients: Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome, de-radicle), Manjingzi (Vitex Fruit), Gan Juhua (Chrysanthemum Flower), Xuanfuhoa (Inula Flower), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, de-bristled), each 1 liang; Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, de-pulp, stir-fried with bran).
Usage: Decoct the herbs in water until reduced to 70%, strain, and take warm.

Jingjie Tang (Schizonepeta Decoction) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats wind-heat toxin attacking the Yang meridians, causing headache and eye pain, radiating around the eyebrows and forehead.
Ingredients: Jingjiesui (Schizonepeta Spike), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, de-bristled), Gan Juhua (Chrysanthemum Flower), Xuanfuhoa (Inula Flower), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, de-pulp, stir-fried with bran), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted), each 1 liang; Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum).
Usage: Decoct the herbs in water, take warm after meals.

Tianma Wan (Gastrodia Pill) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats liver and heart heat stagnation, eye pain radiating to the eyebrows and forehead.
Ingredients: Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome), Jisu (Elsholtzia Herb), Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens Root, de-radicle), Renshen (Ginseng Root), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Xixin (Asarum Root, de-seeds and leaves), Jingjiesui (Schizonepeta Spike), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted), Xijiao xie (Rhinoceros Horn flakes).
Usage: Crush the ingredients into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, swallow with Schizonepeta Decoction.

Xixin San (Asarum Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats wind pathogen attacking upward, causing eye pain radiating to the head.
Ingredients: Xixin (Asarum Root, de-seeds and bark), Gan Juhua (Chrysanthemum Flower), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, de-pulp, stir-fried with bran), Chi Shaoyao (Red Peony Root), each 0.5 liang; Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, finely ground and washed with water); Gaoben (Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome, de-seeds and soil).
Usage: Make a powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct in one cup of water until reduced to 70%, strain, and take warm.

Duhuo Wan (Angelica Pubescens Pill)
Treats liver affected by wind, phlegm-fluid retention in the chest and diaphragm, headache and eye pain, gradually developing nebulae.
Ingredients: Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens Root, de-radicle), Tianma (Gastrodia Rhizome), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), each 3 liang; Xuanfuhoa (Inula Flower, de-soil), Qianniuizi (Pharbitis Seed, slightly roasted), Tiannanxing (Arisaema Rhizome, processed), Gaoben (Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome, de-seeds and soil).
Usage: Crush the ingredients into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of tung tree seeds. Take 20 pills per dose, swallow with Ginger Decoction.

Rusheng Gao (Like-Sage Ointment) (from Deshengtang Formula)
Treats wind-related eye diseases and headaches.
Ingredients: Hanshuishi (Calcium Carbonatum), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root), Xixin (Asarum Root), Bohe (Mentha Herb), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica Root), Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens Root), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Bimazi (Castor Seed, de-shell and separately ground), equal parts.
Usage: Grind the ingredients into fine powder.

Juhua San (Chrysanthemum Powder) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats wind-toxin affecting the eyes, attacking the eyebrow bones and eyeballs, causing pain like tearing, astringency, and tearing.
Ingredients: Gan Juhua (Chrysanthemum Flower), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome), Banxia (Pinellia Tuber, washed seven times in hot water to remove slipperiness), Manjingzi (Vitex Fruit), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Chi Shaoyao (Red Peony Root), each 2 liang; Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, 1.5 liang, stir-fried with bran).
Usage: Make a coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, add three slices of fresh ginger to one cup of water, decoct until reduced to 70%, strain, and take warm.

Huangqi San (Astragalus Powder) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats wind-heat attack causing pain in the eyebrow bones, eyes, nose, and cheeks, with red vessels in the eyes.
Ingredients: Huangqi (Astragalus Root, cut), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted until slightly red and cut), Xuanfuhoa (Inula Flower), Chuan Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, finely cut and stir-fried), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit, stir-fried with bran until slightly yellow, de-pulp), each 2 liang.
Usage: Make a powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct in one cup of water until reduced to 70%, strain, and take warm.

Lingyangjiao San (Antelope Horn Powder) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats liver heat stagnation with wind-heat, causing pain in the eyebrow bones extending to the head, mental restlessness, and difficulty in urination and defecation.
Ingredients: Lingyangjiao xie (Antelope Horn flakes), Chi Shaoyao (Red Peony Root), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Chuan Mangxiao (Mirabilite), Chuan Dahuang (Rhubarb Root, finely cut and slightly stir-fried, 3 fen), Zhike (Bitter Orange Fruit), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root), each 1 liang.
Usage: Make a coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct in one cup of water until reduced to 70%, strain, and take warm after meals.

Fangfeng Tang (Saposhnikovia Decoction) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats wind-heat attacking upward, causing pain in the eyebrow bones extending to the head.
Ingredients: Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, de-bristled, 2 liang), Gan Juhua (Chrysanthemum Flower), Qianghuo (Notopterygium Rhizome, de-radicle), Gaoben (Ligusticum Wallichii Rhizome, de-seeds and soil, each 1 liang), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum, 2 liang), Xuanfuhoa (Inula Flower), Manjingzi (Vitex Fruit).
Usage: Decoct the herbs in water, strain, and take warm.

Qibao San (Seven Treasures Powder, also known as Qibao Gao/Ointment) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats pterygium invading the cornea (external obstruction). Even if treated with hooking, cutting, cauterization, or moxibustion, it is suitable to apply this medicine.
Ingredients: Zhenzhu mo (Pearl Powder, 1 fen), Shijueming (Concha Haliotidis, 3 fen), Hupo (Amber, 3 fen, ground), Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, 1 fen, ground), Xiongdan (Ursi Fel, 1 fen, ground). In another formula, bear bile is replaced with ox bile.
Usage: Grind the ingredients uniformly, and instill into the eyes before sleep.

Fangfeng Tang (Saposhnikovia Decoction, also known as Chufeng Tang/Wind-Expelling Decoction) (from *Longmu Lun*)
Treats pterygium invading the cornea.
Ingredients: Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, de-radicle, another version uses 2 liang), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root, stir-fried, 1 liang), Xixin (Asarum Root, de-seeds and leaves, 1 liang), Huangqi (Astragalus Root, finely cut, 1 liang, another version uses 2 liang).
Usage: Decoct the herbs in water, strain, and take 5 qian bi (spoonfuls) per dose.

Huanglian Jian (Coptis Decoction) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats liver heat stagnation, causing pterygium in the eye that invades the black pupil, with unceasing redness and pain.
Ingredients: Baifan (Alumen, 1 fen), Nifen (Calomelas, 1 qian), Jingyan (Well Salt, 0.5 liang, ground), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 1 fen, pounded into powder and ground), Sha (Realgar, 1 qian, ground).
Usage: Mix all ingredients together, take a small amount to instill into the eyes.

Lingyangjiao San (Antelope Horn Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats wind-heat of the heart and lungs attacking the eyes, causing pterygium.
Ingredients: Lingyangjiao (Antelope Horn, shaved), Huangqin (Scutellaria Root, de-blackened heart), Chaihu (Bupleurum Root, de-seeds), Shengma (Cimicifuga Rhizome), each 3 fen; Gancao (Licorice Root, raw and cut, 1 liang).
Usage: Coarsely crush and sift the ingredients. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct in one cup of water until reduced to 70%, strain, and take warm.

Zhenzhu San (Pearl Powder)
Treats wind-heat, causing pterygium in the eye that invades the black pupil, accompanied by floral nebulae.

Qufeng San (Wind-Expelling Powder) (from Wei Shi's Formula)
Treats ulcerative blepharitis with redness, floating nebulae, pterygium climbing the eye, astringency, itching, and discharge.
Ingredients: Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, de-radicle), Longdancao (Gentiana Root), each 5 qian; Tongqing (Malachite, 3 qian), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry, 2 qian), Dan Zhuye (Bamboo Leaf, one handful, de-joints).
Usage: Make into powder.

Moyi San (Nebula-Rubbing Powder, also known as Zengqing San/Zinc Calamine Powder) (from *Longmu Lun*)
Treats caruncle adhesion external obstruction and pterygium invading the cornea.

Shijueming San (Concha Haliotidis Powder) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats pterygium in the eye with nebulae on the eyeball.
Ingredients: Shijueming (Concha Haliotidis, one piece, finely ground and washed with water), Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, 0.5 qian), Nifen (Calomelas, 1 qian), Huangdan (Lead Tetroxide, 1 qian), Shexiang (Moschus, 0.5 qian).
Usage: Grind all ingredients together until extremely fine, mix with saliva, and instill into the eyes.

Qingliang San (Cooling Clearing Powder) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats pterygium in the eye; suitable for application after hooking and cutting.
Ingredients: Zhenzhu (Pearl), Hupo (Amber), Dansha (Cinnabar), each 1 liang; Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, 0.5 liang).
Usage: Grind each ingredient finely separately, then mix and grind evenly. Store in a non-leaky container. Instill into the eyes as usual.

Dianyuan Ai Xun San (Eye-Moxa Smok-ing Powder) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats pterygium in the eye.
Ingredients: Ruiren (Prunus Persica Kernel, de-skin and finely ground, 1 liang), Nifen (Calomelas, 1 qian), Niusu (Cow Butter, 1 liang), Shu Ai (Prepared Mugwort Wurm, size of a chicken egg).
Usage: Grind the first three ingredients in a mortar until uniform.

Xingren Gao (Apricot Kernel Ointment) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats pterygium in the eye and wind-induced nebulae. Use this ointment to instill into the eyes.
Ingredients: Xingren (Apricot Kernel, soaked in hot water, de-skin and de-hedgehog, double-kernel, ground into paste, 0.5 liang), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, de-thorns, 0.5 liang), Qingyan (Green Salt, 0.5 liang), Nifen (Calomelas, 1 qian bi).
Usage: First grind the apricot kernels into paste, then mix with the other ingredients. Instill a small amount into the eyes each time.

Qinpi San (Quinine Bark Powder) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats red, swollen, and painful eyes with nebulae and pterygium, excessive tearing, and difficulty opening the eyes.
Ingredients: Qinpi (Fraxinus Cortex, 3 liang), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia Root, de-radicle), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, de-thorns), Gancao (Licorice Root, roasted until slightly red and cut, each 1.5 liang).
Usage: Make a coarse powder. Take 3 qian per dose, decoct in one cup of water until reduced to 70%, strain, and take warm.

Another Formula (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats pterygium in the eye with nebulae on the eyeball.
Ingredients: Hanshuishi (Calcium Carbonatum), Mayaxiao (Mirabilite), Tonglv (Verdigris), each 1 fen; Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, 1 qian).
Usage: Grind all ingredients together until extremely fine. Before going to bed at night, take a small amount to instill into the eyes.

Another Formula (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*) Treats pterygium in the eye, sores inside the eyelids, and increasing tearing during the day.
Ingredients: Zhu dan (Pig Gallbladder, one piece), Chuan Mangxiao (Mirabilite), Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, size of three beans), Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome, 1 fen, de-thorns, pounded into powder).
Usage: Make a fine powder and mix with the pig gallbladder juice.

Another Formula (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*) Treats pterygium in the eye; suitable to instill this medicine.
Ingredients: Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum), Shanhu (Coral), Zhenzhu (Pearl), Shijueming (Concha Haliotidis, finely ground and washed with water, each 1 liang).
Usage: Grind all ingredients finely into flour-like consistency, mix with one he of white honey, and grind again until uniform.

Ruiren Gao (Prunus Persica Kernel Ointment) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats pterygium in the eye with red vessels penetrating the pupil.
Ingredients: Ruiren (Prunus Persica Kernel, 1 liang, soaked in hot water, de-skin and ground into paste), Nifen (Calomelas), Hufen (Lead White), Qingyan (Green Salt), each 1 liang.
Usage: Put all ingredients into a mortar and grind until extremely fine. Instill a small amount into the eyes each time.

Huhuanglian Dianyan Fang (Anchthoides Point-Eye Formula) (from *Shengji Zonglu*) Treats excess heat in the liver and lungs, red eyes with pterygium.
Ingredients: Miduoseng (Litharge, ground, 0.5 liang), Mi (Honey, 4 liang, boiled in a double boiler), Huhuanglian (Picrorhiza Rhizome, de-thorns, size of beans, 1 liang).
Usage: Soak the Picrorhiza in the honey overnight, then instill into the eyes.

Beichi San (Concha Meretricis Powder) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats wind-toxin causing sudden growth of pterygium filling the eye, and floating nebulae or pearl tubes.
Ingredients: Beichi (Concha Meretricis, burned and ground, 1 fen), Qiandan (Lead Tetroxide, re-ground, 1 fen).
Usage: Mix in a mortar and grind until extremely fine. Store in a porcelain box. Instill into the eyes using a bronze chopstick each time.

Bailong San (White Dragon Powder) (from *Longmu Lun*)
Treats pterygium in the eye, unbearable itching or pain.
Ingredients: Longnao (Borneolum Syntheticum, one zi), Mayaxiao (Mirabilite, bright quality, 1 liang).
Usage: Wrap the Mirabilite tightly in a sheet of paper, keep it under clothing, nourish for 133 days, until vision gradually dims.

Xingren Gao (Apricot Kernel Ointment) (from *Shengji Zonglu*)
Treats pterygium in the eye, with itching or pain, polyps growing gradually, covering the pupil.
Ingredients: Xingren (Apricot Kernel, soaked in hot water, de-skin and de-hedgehog, double-kernel, 1 fen), Nifen (Calomelas, 0.5 qian).
Usage: Grind together until smooth like paste. Wrap the tip of a chopstick with cotton, and apply to the pterygium until healed.

Nanpengsha (Southern Borax) (from *Zai Zhi Fang*)
Treats pterygium protrusion.
Ingredients: Nanpengsha (Southern Borax, yellow color), Naozi (Camphor, a small amount, finely ground).
Usage: Dip a bamboo grass stick into the mixture and apply to the lesion. Wash with a decoction of Xuanshen (Scrophularia Root) and Maimendong (Ophiopogon Tuber). It can also be taken orally as a powder.

Jiyu Tie Fang (Crucian Carp Paste Formula) (from *Shengji Zonglu*) Treats pterygium in the eye with astringency and pain.
Usage: Take a fresh crucian carp, remove skin and bones, take a slice of meat, make a hole in the center, and place it directly over the eye. Change 3-5 times a day.

Another Formula (from Wei Shi's Formula) Treats wind-heat attacking upward, pterygium climbing the eye.
Usage: Take a small amount of duckweed, grind it into a paste, add a little camphor, and apply to the eye for immediate effect.

Treating Eye Pterygium (from *Longmu Lun*)
Usage: Use the whitest alum, place a grain-sized amount on the lesion and pterygium. Cold tears will flow out immediately. Wipe with cotton until all foul fluid is removed. The disease will decrease suddenly, and vision will become clear and healed. The alum must be pure white and good quality.

Formula for Pterygium with Red Vessels Penetrating the Pupil, and Heat-Induced Skin Red/White Membrane in the Eye (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Usage: Mix male sparrow droppings with breast milk from a man who has just fathered a child. Apply thinly to the eye, and it will disappear. Extremely effective.

Treating Sudden Red Eyes with Pterygium, Painful When Sitting or Lying Down
Usage: Take one good pear, crush and squeeze to extract juice. Crush three branches of Coptis, wrap in cotton, soak until the color changes. Lie on your back and instill into the eyes.

Xingren Fang (Apricot Kernel Formula) (from *Taiping Shenghui Fang*)
Treats pterygium in the eye, red stasis not receding, damaging the eye.
Usage: Take 100 new apricot kernels, steam them in a rice steamer. When cool, remove skins and hedges, grind and filter to extract juice. Mix with 1 qian of Naosha (Sal Ammoniac),淋 (rinse) with white water and boil dry. Mix together while warm, wrap in cotton, and apply.

Ganjiang Fang (Dried Ginger Formula) (from *Baixuan Fang*)
Treats pterygium with astringency and pain. (Also treats wind-toxin attacking both eyes causing sudden redness, swelling, astringency, and difficulty opening; wash immediately.)
Usage: Use Sichuan dried ginger, crush it. Take 3 qian of powder, decoct in two cups of water until reduced to 1.5 cups. Strain, and wash with liquid at hand temperature. There may be slight pain initially, which subsides shortly.

Formula for Pterygium Filling the Eye and Pearl Tube Formation (from *Zhouhou Fang*)
Usage: Pound Fomu (Fritillaria Bulb), sieve real cinnabar through silk, mix three times, and apply to the eyes. Do this 3-4 times a day; heal in a few days.

Treating Eye Damage and Pterygium Protrusion (from *Bencao Fang*)
Usage: Take seven raw apricot kernels, peel and chew finely. Spit into the palm until warm. Wrap the tip of a chopstick with cotton, and apply to the pterygium. Heal within 4-5 applications.