Eight-Ingredient Eye-Restoring Powder，From *De Xiao* (Effective Treatments), Volume 16.，When wind-heat lingers and transmits between the liver and lungs, it causes a slippery opacity resembling mercury beads, with a faint yellow tint; it is neither painful nor itchy, produces no tears, and obscures the pupil; a dry opacity appears faintly reddish, sometimes clustering and sometimes dispersing, with a faint glow on either side; the area over the pupil appears like congealed fat, and there is occasional dryness and pain, yet no tears are shed;Dispersed opacity: Appearing as scaly spots, or with millet-sized lesions forming beneath the eyelid that become ulcerated, causing pain day and night, with the pupil being the most painful area, and often accompanied by hot tears.All wind-heat opacities of the liver and lungs, as well as kidney wind-heat; sudden eye pain like a needle prick; or in children, malnutrition-induced eye disease—initially presenting as dryness and pain, but eventually leading to sores, opacity, and swelling, with difficulty opening the eyes due to excessive tearing; all cases of liver wind, as well as ascending deficiency-heat following diarrhea or dysentery—for which eye drops are contraindicated.
Eight-Ingredient Eye-Restoring Powder
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Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Eye-Restoring Powder
Chinese Name : 八味还睛散
Drug Formulation
White Tribulus (roasted, tips removed) half liang, Fangfeng half liang, Licorice (roasted) half liang, Eupatorium half liang, Gardenia (roasted, shell removed) half liang, Cassia Seed 1 liang (roasted), Blue Mustard Seed 1 fen (lightly roasted), Cicada Shedding 1 fen.
Source
From *De Xiao* (Effective Treatments), Volume 16.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a powder.
Benefits
When wind-heat lingers and transmits between the liver and lungs, it causes a slippery opacity resembling mercury beads, with a faint yellow tint; it is neither painful nor itchy, produces no tears, and obscures the pupil; a dry opacity appears faintly reddish, sometimes clustering and sometimes dispersing, with a faint glow on either side; the area over the pupil appears like congealed fat, and there is occasional dryness and pain, yet no tears are shed;Dispersed opacity: Appearing as scaly spots, or with millet-sized lesions forming beneath the eyelid that become ulcerated, causing pain day and night, with the pupil being the most painful area, and often accompanied by hot tears.All wind-heat opacities of the liver and lungs, as well as kidney wind-heat; sudden eye pain like a needle prick; or in children, malnutrition-induced eye disease—initially presenting as dryness and pain, but eventually leading to sores, opacity, and swelling, with difficulty opening the eyes due to excessive tearing; all cases of liver wind, as well as ascending deficiency-heat following diarrhea or dysentery—for which eye drops are contraindicated.
Instructions for Use
Decoct Ophiopogon tuber (with the core removed) in water and take it after meals.
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Eight-Ingredient Eye-Restoring Powder,When wind-heat lingers and transmits between the liver and lungs, it causes a slippery opacity resembling mercury beads, with a faint yellow tint; it is neither painful nor itchy, produces no tears, and obscures the pupil; a dry opacity appears faintly reddish, sometimes clustering and sometimes dispersing, with a faint glow on either side; the area over the pupil appears like congealed fat, and there is occasional dryness and pain, yet no tears are shed;Dispersed opacity: Appearing as scaly spots, or with millet-sized lesions forming beneath the eyelid that become ulcerated, causing pain day and night, with the pupil being the most painful area, and often accompanied by hot tears.All wind-heat opacities of the liver and lungs, as well as kidney wind-heat; sudden eye pain like a needle prick; or in children, malnutrition-induced eye disease—initially presenting as dryness and pain, but eventually leading to sores, opacity, and swelling, with difficulty opening the eyes due to excessive tearing; all cases of liver wind, as well as ascending deficiency-heat following diarrhea or dysentery—for which eye drops are contraindicated.