56 足太陽有通項入於腦者。正屬目本。名曰眼系。凡 頭目苦痛。取睛明、玉枕。 At the foot tàiyáng there is a connection at the nape that enters the brain. It properly pertains to the eye root. It is called the eye connector. Generally [there will be] agonising pain of the head and eye. Select Jīng Míng [BL-1], Yù Zhěn [BL-9]. Comment: This passage essentially comes from Líng Shū chapter 21, and is quoted with commentary in an earlier section of the Féng Yuán. Eye connector (yǎn xì) is possibly a reference to the optic nerve. Kovacs & Unschuld (1999, pp186-187) consider the eye root to be the inner canthus, and the eye connector as simply the portion of the foot tàiyáng channel that connects the eye to the brain. 怕熱羞明 皆由火燥血熱。若目不赤痛。但畏明 者。乃肝血虧。不能運精華以敵陽光之故。 行間 Fear of heat and aversion to light: All om fire dryness and blood heat. If eyes are not red and painful but there is fear of light, it is depletion of liver blood, which is unable to transport the flourishing essence so as to equal the light of yang. Xíng Jiān [LIV-2] Comment: As only a single point is given, presumably the point is drained in the case of redness and pain, and supplemented in cases where there is only aversion to light. 眼紅腫澀爛沿 睛明 二間 三間 合谷 光明 Red swollen eyes with dry ulcerated rims Jīng Míng [BL-1], Èr Jiān [LI-2], Sān Jiān [LI-3], Hé Gǔ [LI-4], Guāng Míng [GB-37] 風目眶爛 頭維 顴髎 Wind ulceration of the eye socket Tóu Wéi [ST-8], Quán Liáo [SI-18] 目眶赤爛（俗名為赤瞎） 刺目眶外出血。以瀉濕熱。 Eye socket red ulceration (commonly known as red blindness) Prick outside of the eye socket and let blood in order to drain dampness and heat. 眼生翳膜 翳自熱生。如碎米者易散。梅花瓣者難 消。其有赤眼。與之涼藥過多。又滌以水。血為之 凝。翳不能去治宜發物。使其邪動。翳膜乃浮。輔 以退翳之藥。則能自去。此症受病已深。未可一時 針愈。須如法三四次刺之。 睛明 太陽 翳風 瞳子髎 光明 合谷 命門 肝俞 臨泣（治白翳） 攢竹 液門 後谿 （治赤翳） 又凡胡椒。韭菜根。橘葉。菊葉之類。皆可杵爛為 丸。用綿裹塞鼻中觸之。過夜則星自落。 Eye screens and membranes: Eye screens are spontaneously generated by heat. If they resemble crushed rice, they are easy to disperse; [if they are like] plum blossom petals, they are difficult to eliminate. If the eye is red, and [the patient] has taken a lot of cooling medicinals and washed [the eyes] with water, the blood becomes congealed and the screen cannot be removed. It is good to treat with effusing subtances to make the evil move. The screens and membranes then float, so assist with medicinals to reduce the screen, so it can remove itself. is symptom manifests when the disease is already deep. You cannot cure it by doing acupuncture one time. You must apply the needling method 3 or 4 times. Jīng Míng [BL-1], Tài Yáng [M-HN-9], Yì Fēng [SJ-17], Tóng Zi Liáo [GB-1], Guāng Míng [GB-37], Hé Gǔ [LI- 4], Mìng Mén [DU-4]; Gān Shù [BL-18], Lín Qì [GB-15] (treats white screens); Zǎn Zhú [BL2], Yè Mén [SJ-2], Hòu Xī [SI-3] (treats red screens) In addition, [use] common Hú Jiāo [Fructus Piperis], Jiǔ Cài Gēn [Radix Alli Tuberosi]. Jú Yè [Folium Citri]. Jú Yè [Folium Chrysanthemi], and such like. Comment: The Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng lists virtually the same point formula but differentiates it a bit further. The points listed from Jīng Míng [BL-1] to Mìng Mén [DU-4] are listed as general points for screen growing on the eye. Gān Shù [BL-18] and Lín Qì [GB-15] are then for white screens, and Zǎn Zhú [BL2], Yè Mén [SJ-2] and Hòu Xī [SI-3] for red screens. I have inserted punctuation into the passage to reflect this. The herbal recommendations are for black pepper, leek, citrus leaf and chrysanthemum leaf; all acrid and effusing, food-like medicinals. 眼生倒睫拳毛 目病之人脾受風邪。則弦緊而外皮 鬆。令毛倒睫。頻頻拭擦。毛漸侵睛。掃成雲翳。 藥治無效。當用手扳將內眶向外。以針刺出血愈。 Ingrown eyelash growing into the eye [trichiasis]: e person's eye becomes diseased when the spleen receives the wind evil. is results in tension in the eyelid rim yet the skin surface is slack. is causes the eyelash hair to grow the wrong way. ere is repeated rubbing and scraping of the eye as the lashes gradually intrude. is sweeping creates a nebulous eye screen. Medicinal treatment is ineffective. One must manually pull the lashes om inside the eye socket towards the outside, as well as using an acupuncture needle to let blood to cure it. Journal of Chinese Medicine | Issue 135 | June 2024 Like Seeing Black Flowers: The Treatment of Eye Diseases in the Zhēn Jiǔ Féng Yuán