Leiyan Pills，*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 14.，When kidney yin fails to nourish the liver, resulting in deficiency of the liver meridian, wind-pathogen invades internally, ascends to attack the eyes, causing tearing, photophobia, frequent vision of black spots, the formation of cataracts, opacities obscuring the cornea, wind-rash on the eyelids—which may be itchy or painful—and a sensation of dryness and difficulty opening the eyes; as well as for those with chronic unilateral or bilateral headaches that radiate to both eyes, accompanied by a gradual sensation of the eyes becoming smaller and blurred vision.
Leiyan Pills
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Formulas Name : Leiyan Pills
Chinese Name : 雷岩丸
Drug Formulation
1 liang of Radix Polygoni Multiflori, 1 liang of Achyranthes Root, 1 liang of Morinda Root (soaked in wine overnight, peel and core removed), 2 liang of Chrysanthemum Flowers, 1 liang of Black Aconite Root (boiled with 2 qian of rock salt in 3 sheng of river water until all the water has evaporated; peel and navel removed), 2 liang of Goji Berries, and 3 liang of Sichuan Pepper (seeds removed).
Source
*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 14.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Use the original medicinal wine used for soaking to prepare a paste, then roll into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
When kidney yin fails to nourish the liver, resulting in deficiency of the liver meridian, wind-pathogen invades internally, ascends to attack the eyes, causing tearing, photophobia, frequent vision of black spots, the formation of cataracts, opacities obscuring the cornea, wind-rash on the eyelids—which may be itchy or painful—and a sensation of dryness and difficulty opening the eyes; as well as for those with chronic unilateral or bilateral headaches that radiate to both eyes, accompanied by a gradual sensation of the eyes becoming smaller and blurred vision.
Instructions for Use
Take 10 pills per dose, on an empty stomach, washed down with wine.
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Leiyan Pills,When kidney yin fails to nourish the liver, resulting in deficiency of the liver meridian, wind-pathogen invades internally, ascends to attack the eyes, causing tearing, photophobia, frequent vision of black spots, the formation of cataracts, opacities obscuring the cornea, wind-rash on the eyelids—which may be itchy or painful—and a sensation of dryness and difficulty opening the eyes; as well as for those with chronic unilateral or bilateral headaches that radiate to both eyes, accompanied by a gradual sensation of the eyes becoming smaller and blurred vision.