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Treatment of eye diseases and internal visual obstruction.

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1. Gangmu states: However, eye diseases and nebula bluish blindness (optic atrophy) are all treatable, but one should avoid pork and cold water.
2. Lou Quanshan said: Truly, as Hejian said, blindness is indeed like deafness, where the nose cannot smell, the tongue cannot taste, and the hands and feet cannot function, all due to the blockage of sweat pores, and the pathways for the spirit and qi to enter, exit, ascend, and descend are not smooth. Therefore, the ancient sages treated blurred vision with remedies like Goats Liver Pill, using Sheep Liver to guide Coptis Rhizome and other herbs into the liver, resolving various depressions in the liver. Since the liver governs the eyes, resolving liver depression allows the sweat pores of the eyes to become smooth and clear. Coptis Rhizome and similar herbs resolve heat stagnation. Pricklyash Seed and similar herbs resolve damp depression. Leonurus and similar herbs resolve qi depression. Ligusticum and Angelica and similar herbs resolve blood depression. Scouring Rush Herb and similar herbs resolve accumulation depression. Notopterygium and similar herbs resolve meridian depression. Magnetite and similar herbs resolve head and eye depression, sinking pathogenic qi to descend. Turnip lowers qi and unblocks the middle, with the same principle. All these remedies are methods to treat blurred vision caused by qi and blood stagnation. Hejian's words are indeed not false. As for Dongyuan and Danxi, who used ginseng and astragalus to tonify qi and blood, they could also restore clarity. Since the eyes are dominated by qi and blood, when they are abundant, the sweat pores can function smoothly for entry, exit, ascent, and descent, leading to clarity. When they are deficient, the sweat pores cannot function for entry, exit, ascent, and descent, leading to dimness. In such cases, ginseng, astragalus, and sweet herbs must be used to assist the movement of qi and blood and restore clarity. Turnip Seed, steamed and ground into powder, can be taken with wine or added to other medicines.