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Xiao Chi Mai Chuan Jing (Small Red Veins Transmitting to the Eye Canthus) is caused by deficiency of Heart Qi. It differs from Da Chi Mai Chuan Jing (Large Red Veins Transmitting to the Eye Canthus); treatment requires distinguishing between two syndromes for separate management. The Heart is the master of the Five Zang organs and the ancestor of the Six Fu organs, belonging to the South, symbolizing the ruler of Yang virtue. Fire generates Earth; Fire is the mother of Earth. If Spleen Earth excess becomes prominent, it leads to relative deficiency of Heart Fire. Treatment should first drain the excess of Spleen Earth, followed by tonifying the deficiency of the Heart. This condition often arises from staying near lamps at night, overworking the Heart Meridian, resulting in weak Heart Qi and impaired blood circulation, with stasis accumulating in the inner canthus. These two conditions are described here for future students to recognize. However, this syndrome is suitable for herbal medicine treatment and does not require needling or cutting procedures.

[Image: Xiao Chi Mai Chuan Jing Diagram]

Xie Gan San (Liver-Draining Powder)
Ingredients: Jie Geng (Platycodonis Radix), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Da Huang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), Mang Xiao (Natrii Sulfas), Zhi Zi (Gardeniae Fructus), Che Qian Zi (Plantaginis Semen).

Jiu Xian San (Nine-Immortal Powder)
Ingredients: Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Jing Jie (Schizonepetae Herba), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Chi Shao Yao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Ju Hua (Chrysanthemi Flos), Chuan Xiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma), Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Mu Tong (Akebiae Caulis), Bai Zhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix).
Usage: Equal parts of the above herbs are ground into powder. Take three qian per dose, decocted in water, taken after meals.

Zhu Jing Wan (Staying-Scenery Pill)
Indications: For use in cases of simultaneous deficiency of the Heart and Kidney, insufficiency of Blood and Qi, and decline of the Lower Yuan.
Ingredients: Chu Shi (Celastrus Semen), Gou Qi Zi (Lycii Fructus), Wu Wei Zi (Schisandrae Fructus), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix) (each 1 liang), Shu Di (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata) (soaked in wine, dried by baking, 2 liang), Ru Xiang (Olibanum) (1 liang, processed), Rou Cong Rong (Cistanches Herba) (soaked in wine, dried by baking, 4 liang), Chuan Jiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) (remove eyes, stir-fry until dry, 1 liang), Tu Si Zi (Cuscutae Semen) (washed clean of sand, soaked in wine for three nights, steamed, then dried by baking, 4 liang). An alternative formula adds Dang Gui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix).
Usage: The above herbs are ground into powder and made into pills with refined honey, sized like paulownia seeds. Take thirty pills per dose, on an empty stomach, with salt water.

Bu Lao Ren Shen Wan (Tonifying-Labor Ginseng Pill)
Indications: For mental restlessness and absent-mindedness (Shen Hun Huang Hu).
Ingredients: Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Bai Fu Ling (Poria), Bai Fu Zi (Typhonii Rhizoma), Xu Duan (Dipsaci Radix), Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix), Ju Hua (Chrysanthemi Flos), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma).
Usage: The above herbs are ground into powder and made into pills with refined honey, sized like a bullet. Take one pill per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with Jie Geng Decoction after meals, three times daily.

Bu Xu Ren Shen Wan (Tonifying-Deficiency Ginseng Pill)
Ingredients: Fu Ling (Poria), Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix), Xu Duan (Dipsaci Radix), Yuan Zhi (Polygalae Radix) (each 1 liang), Bai Fu Zi (Typhonii Rhizoma) (3 qian), Gan Cao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Bai Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus) (each 5 qian).
Usage: The above herbs are ground into powder and made into pills with refined honey, sized like a bullet. Take one pill per dose, chew thoroughly, and swallow with Jie Geng Decoction.