bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispersing wind and clearing heat, reducing swelling, removing toxins, nourishing blood, and improving vision.

bubble_chart Indications

Redness and swelling of the eyes caused by wind-heat, photophobia, tearing, dry eyes, pain, red tongue with thin yellow coating, and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Saposhnikovia Root, Notopterygium, and Schizonepeta disperse wind and release the exterior; Mentha, Chastetree Fruit, and Chrysanthemum Flower release the exterior with pungent-cool properties, clear heat, and improve vision; Coptis Rhizome, Skullcap Root, and Gardenia clear heat, drain dampness, remove toxins, and disperse swelling; Forsythia clears heat and removes toxins; Puncturevine Caltrop Fruit and Cassia Seed pacify the liver and subdue yang, dispel wind, and improve vision; Gypsum clears heat and purges fire. The liver is connected to the eyes, hence Platycodon Root carries the medicine upward to the eyes; Liquorice Root harmonizes all the herbs. When these herbs are used together, they release the exterior with pungent-cool properties, remove toxins, drain dampness, subdue swelling to relieve pain, nourish blood, relax the liver, clear heat, and improve vision, thus curing eye diseases naturally.

1. Caused by wind-heat.
2. Swelling and redness of the eyes.
3. Photophobia and tearing.
4. Red tongue with yellow coating.
5. Floating and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Excessive liver fire: Add Gentian and Bupleurum.
2. Constipation: Add Rhubarb Rhizoma.
3. With nebula obstruction: Add Scouring Rush Herb, Asarum, and Meng Flower.
4. Wind-heat tearing: Add Prunella and Cyperus.
5. Wind-heat swelling and pain: Add Cimicifuga Rhizome and Pueraria Root.

bubble_chart Modern Application

This prescription is suitable for the acute stage of eye inflammation, including acute conjunctivitis, scleritis, keratitis, iritis, hordeolum, and green internal visual obstruction, which are attributed to external contraction of wind-heat disturbing the eyes.