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Wujin Ointment: Treats various external obstructions causing wind-itch, blood-thread sores, flesh climbing over the cornea (Ropy Pterygium), chicken-comb and clam-meat growths, and leaking-eye sores.
Ingredients: Jin Fan (Alum, 1 liang), Rice Vinegar (preferably self-made red aromatic vinegar, 1.5 bowls).
Preparation and Administration: Place the ingredients in a copper pot and boil with alternating mild and strong heat until dry. If moist, turn and bake until dry, remove to dissipate fire qi, grind into fine powder. Use as needed, re-grind until silent sound is heard, mix with raw honey, store in a porcelain jar. Apply to the affected area. If eyelids are tightly closed or both upper and lower eyelids swell after five to seven days, pause medication for a few days until redness and swelling completely subside, then apply again according to severity.
If pus discharges from the leaking-eye sore, mix the powder evenly with cake, form into strips, dry them, and insert according to acupoint depth to dissolve stagnant flesh and white tubes (fistulas), allowing new flesh to grow naturally and stop pus discharge.

Master Qi said: Some people have two fleshy growths growing inside the eye, one inch long, as thick as a incense stick, protruding outside the eye; this is a Sui syndrome (disease caused by evil spirits/pathogenic factors). Although it is due to Liver and Gallbladder fire, without the influence of Sui, such abnormal flesh would not grow. The treatment method should involve applying "Quci Quanmu Dan" externally and taking "Shuyu Quanjing Tang" internally. The efficacy of this formula lies in soothing Liver and Gallbladder Qi while draining Fire and Phlegm; once the root of the disease is addressed, why worry about the severe growth of abnormal flesh? (From *Shishi Milu*)

Quci Quanmu Dan (From *Shishi Milu*): Treats Sui syndrome.
Ingredients: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Bingpian (Borneolum Syntheticum), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (each 1 fen), Pengsha (Borax) (5 li).
Preparation and Administration: Grind together until silent sound is heard. Mix a small amount with human milk and apply to the tip of the fleshy growth. The patient will feel a burning sensation in the eyeball, which will retract within a moment, leading to recovery.

Shuyu Quanjing Tang:
Ingredients: Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) (each 1 qian), Heishanzhi (Gardeniae Fructus processed with bran), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma), Baijiezi (Sinapis Semen), Baifuling (Poria) (each 3 qian), Baishao (Paeoniae Radix Alba) (5 qian).

Shen Douyuan said: This is caused by excessive accumulation of Fire in the Heart, Gallbladder, and Small Intestine. A pit forms and swells at the corner of the eye, eventually ulcerating and discharging pus. Anyone with this sore will necessarily have connected small sore pits on their chest and back. By pricking these with a needle to draw blood, the eye corner sore will heal spontaneously without specific treatment. Hence it is named "Touzhen" (Stealing Needle), commonly known as "Touzhen Ke". (From *Qixuan*)

Zhang Shi said: For early-stage Touzhen Yan (Stye), let the patient use the tip of a needle to gently prick the affected area forty-nine times, which will resolve spontaneously. (From *Jingyan*)

Wang Shi said: For early-stage Touzhen Yan, flip open the eyelid; there is a small pore inside. Insert a single hair into the pore; tearing up will lead to spontaneous healing. (From *Jixiao*)

*Milu* states: In patients with Touzhen Yan, there is a red spot at the Gohuang acupoint on the back. Pricking it with a needle leads to immediate cure.

Dong Yuan said: Touzhen Yan, also called "Tiaozhen Du", is caused by accumulated Heat in the Liver and Spleen. At the onset, splash cold water and slap the back of the head and back one hundred times with your hand. Look for red veins and white blisters; prick the blisters with a small needle, and the swelling will subside spontaneously.
He also said: For Touzhen Yan, take seven grains of glutinous rice. Gently tap each grain onto the blister once, totaling seven taps; the swelling will subside spontaneously.

*Xinfa* states: Touzhen Yan arises between the eyelashes due to Wind-Heat in the Spleen Meridian, resembling a bean with a pointed tip. In mild early cases, rinse with Jinhua San mixed with salt water; if pus has not formed, it will disappear. If rinsing does not resolve it, wait until pus matures and prick it with a needle. If swelling occurs after rupture due to exposure to wind, use Xiongpi San, and externally apply Gufan powder mixed with egg white to the swollen area.