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Treats internal miasma, Qingming (blurred vision or blindness), Yi Yun (black spots in vision or dimness), and temporary visual dimness, as well as all kinds of eye diseases.

Hujiu (one bird, feathers, intestines, beak, and feet removed, roasted) Yanggan (sheep liver, one piece, stir-fried) Xixin (Asarum root) Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia root) Rougui (Cinnamon bark) Huanglian (Coptis rhizome) Muli (Oyster shell) Ganjuhua (Chrysanthemum morifolium flower) Baijili (Tribulus fruit) (each five liang) Baifuling (Poria sclerotium) Qumai (Dianthus herb) (each four liang) Qianghuo (Notopterygium rhizome) (three liang) Manjingzi (Vitex fruit, two sheng, steamed for the time it takes to cook rice three times) Ruiren (Buckthorn seed) (half sheng) Jueming (Cassia seed) (two ge)

Grind the above herbs into powder, mix with refined honey, and make pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take twenty to thirty pills per dose, on an empty stomach, at noon and before going to bed, swallowed with tea or wine. Effectiveness can be seen within half a month. Avoid sexual intercourse, five pungent spices and garlic, chicken, fish, and pork. Chen Zhongli, a physician from Chu, had been blind in both eyes for several years; after taking this medicine, his vision returned to normal.

Emperor Shenzong of Song (posthumously known as Yuling) transmitted "Wang Jinggong's Formula for Hemiplegic Headache," stating: This is a secret prescription from the imperial palace. Use fresh radish juice, one conch-shell amount. Lie supine and instill the juice into the nostrils: if the pain is on the left, instill into the right nostril; if on the right, instill into the left; or instill into both nostrils simultaneously. Those who have suffered for decades are cured with a single instillation. Lord Jinggong (Wang Anshi) told me that he had cured several people with this method.

Liuahuang (Sulfur, two liang, finely ground) Xiaoshi (Potassium nitrate, one liang)

Grind the above herbs into powder and make water pills the size of a fingertip. Chew dried tea leaves and swallow the pills on an empty stomach. My cousin by marriage suffered from Toufeng (wind-stroke/headache disorder) for over twenty years. Each attack caused splitting headaches, preventing him from eating for several days; no other treatment worked. Physician Tian Zi observed this and said, "My mother suffered from this condition for decades until she found a medicine that was effective." He obtained ten pills from him, instructing my cousin to take one pill daily, allowing him to eat freely, saying, "After taking ten pills of this medicine, how could you still have headaches?" True to his word, the attacks ceased completely, and the illness was cured. I had known Tian Zi for several years, and upon parting, he gave me this formula. Physicians in Huai Prefecture prepare this medicine in pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take fifteen pills per dose. If the headache is due to summer heat causing dizziness and confusion, swallow with cold water for immediate clarity; if due to cold injury, swallow with boiling mugwort decoction.

Huluba (Fenugreek seed, lightly stir-fried) Sanla (Kaempferia galanga rhizome, sliced, soaked in vinegar overnight, then stir-fried dry, each one liang) Jiangjiang (Dried ginger, one fen, processed)

Grind the above herbs into powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with warm ginger decoction or wine. For any headache caused by Qi attacking the head, one dose brings relief. For those whose headaches are unresponsive to various treatments and feel like splitting, this medicine brings cure, especially benefiting women. A relative suffered from Nue (malaria); after recovery, they experienced severe headaches, screaming for over ten days without effect from other methods. One dose of this medicine relieved them completely, small...