凡一种
杏仁 广利方治眼筑损 肉出。杏仁七枚去皮细嚼吐于掌中。及热以绵裹箸头。将点 肉上。不过四五度瘥。
左慈秘诀杏不用多食。令人目盲。千金方治头面风眼 。鼻塞眼暗。冷泪。杏仁三升为末。水煮四五沸。洗头令汁尽。
三度瘥。
凡二种
小麻油 大寒无毒。主风气。去头浮风。千金方。治物落眼中。以清水研好墨点。
青 味甘寒无毒。主益气补脑。久服耳目聪明。
凡七种
芜菁 味苦温无毒。子主明目。唐本北人又名蔓菁子。主目暗。千金方。常服明目。洞视肝肠。芜菁子三升。
以苦酒三升煮令熟。日干筛末。以井花水服方寸匕。加至二三。日三服。
瓜蒂 味苦寒有毒。日华子治脑寒。热痈眼昏。
马齿苋 主目盲白翳。子明目。仙经用之。食医心镜。主青盲白翳。除邪气。利大小肠。去寒热。马齿苋实大升。
捣为末。每一匙煮葱豉粥和搅食之。煮粥及着米糁五味作羹亦得。
假苏 味辛温无毒。主寒热。唐本注。即菜中荆芥是也。陈者良。主血劳。风气头痛。头旋眼眩。经验方。产
后中风。眼反折。四肢搐搦。下药可立待应效。以如圣散。荆芥穗为末。酒服二钱匕。后方治一切风口眼偏斜。青荆芥
一斤。青薄荷一斤。一处砂盆内研。生绢绞汁于瓷器内。看浓薄煎成膏。余滓三分去一分。漉滓不用。将二分滓日干为
末
。以膏和为丸如梧桐子大。每服二十丸。早至暮可三服。忌动风物。
葱实 味辛温无毒。主明目。食医心镜理眼暗。补不足。葱实大半升。为末。每度取一匙头。水二升。煮取一
升半。滤取滓。葺米煮粥食良。久食之。又捣葱实丸蜜如梧桐子大。食后饮汁服一二十丸。日二三服。亦甚明目。
白 荷 唐本注。治稻麦芒入眼中不出。以汁注眼中即出。
苦匏瓠千金方。治眼暗。取七月七日苦苦瓠瓤白。绞取汁一合。以酢一升。古文钱七文和渍。微火煎之减半。
以沫内目 中。又去翳法。以石胡荽内鼻中。翳自落。亦名鹅不食草。
First Category:
Almond (Xingren): The Guangli Fang is used to treat damaged eyelids and proliferating pterygium. Take seven almonds, peel them, chew them thoroughly, and spit the pulp into the palm. While still warm, wrap the tip of a chopstick with cotton cloth, and apply the juice onto the pterygium. It will heal within four or five applications.
The Zuo Ci Mi Jue states that excessive consumption of almonds can lead to blindness. The Qian Jin Fang treats ophthalmic conditions caused by wind in the head and face, nasal congestion, dim vision, and cold tearing. Take three sheng of almonds, grind them into powder, boil in water for four or five boils, and use this liquid to wash the hair until the juice is exhausted. Three treatments result in recovery.
Second Category:
Sesame Oil (Xiao Ma You): Greatly cold in nature, non-toxic. It governs wind-pathogens and removes floating wind from the head. The Qian Jin Fang records: To treat foreign bodies falling into the eye, grind good ink with clear water and instill it into the eye.
Celosia Seed (Qingxiazi): Sweet in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic. It governs benefiting qi and tonifying the brain. Long-term consumption makes the ears and eyes sharp and clear.
Seventh Category:
Turnip Seed (Wujing): Bitter in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. Its seed governs brightening the eyes. The Tang Ben Cao notes that northerners also call it Manjingzi, which governs dim vision. The Qian Jin Fang records: Regular consumption brightens the eyes, even allowing one to see through the liver and intestines. Take three sheng of Wujing seeds, boil in three sheng of vinegar until cooked, dry in the sun, sieve into powder, and take with well-water using a measure of one cun bi. The dose can be increased to two or three cun bi, taken three times daily.
Melon Peduncle (Gua Di): Bitter in taste, cold in nature, toxic. Ri Hua Zi records: It treats cerebral cold, hot carbuncles, and blurred vision.
Purslane (Machixian): It governs blindness and white nebula. Its seeds also brighten the eyes. Used in immortal classics. The Shi Yi Xin Jing records: It treats congenital blindness and white nebula, expels evil qi, promotes urination and defecation, and eliminates cold and heat symptoms. Take one da sheng of Purslane fruit, crush into powder, take one spoonful each time, cook with scallion and fermented soybean porridge, mix and eat. Cooking porridge with rice grits and five flavors to make soup is also acceptable.
Schizonepeta (Jiasu/Jingjie): Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It governs alternating chills and fever. The Tang Ben Cao note states: This is the Jingjie found in vegetables. Aged material is superior. It governs blood deficiency labor, wind-pathogen headache, dizziness, and vertigo. An empirical formula records: For postpartum stroke causing upward deviation of the eyes and spasms of the four limbs, using the following medicine yields immediate effect. Use Rusheng San: Grind Schizonepeta spikelets into powder, take two qian bi with wine. The subsequent formula treats all types of wind-stroke resulting in facial paralysis and deviation of the mouth and eyes. Take one jin of green Schizonepeta and one jin of green Mint, grind together in a mortar, squeeze out the juice using raw silk cloth into a porcelain vessel, observe the thickness, and simmer into an extract. Discard one-third of the remaining dregs, filter out the dregs and do not use them. Dry the remaining two-thirds of the dregs in the sun and grind into powder. Mix with the extract to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take twenty pills each time; up to three times daily from morning to evening. Avoid wind-inducing foods.
Scallion Fruit (Congshi): Pungent in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. It governs brightening the eyes. The Shi Yi Xin Jing records: It regulates dim vision and supplements deficiencies. Take half a sheng of Scallion fruit, grind into powder. Each time take a spoonful tip, add two sheng of water, boil down to one and a half sheng, filter out the dregs, cook with rice to make porridge, which is beneficial. Long-term consumption is recommended. Alternatively, crush Scallion fruit, mix with honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds, take ten to twenty pills after meals with juice, two or three times daily, which is also very effective for brightening the eyes.
White Lotus Part (Baihe): The Tang Ben Cao note states: To treat rice or wheat awns entering the eye and unable to be removed, instill the juice into the eye, and they will come out.
Bitter Gourd/Vine (Kupao): The Qian Jin Fang records: To treat dim vision, take the white flesh of the bitter gourd vine collected on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, squeeze out one he of juice, mix with one sheng of vinegar and seven ancient copper coins, soak, and simmer over low fire until reduced by half. Instill the foam into the eye. Another method for removing nebula: Insert Houttuynia (Shi Huxui) into the nostril, and the nebula will naturally fall off. Houttuynia is also known as Goose Not-Eating Grass.