《云麓漫抄》云∶淮南杨吉老，儒医也。有富翁子忽病目，视正物皆以为斜，几案书席
之类，排设整齐，必更移令斜，自以为正，以至书写尺牍，莫不皆然，父母甚忧之，更历数
医，皆不谙其疾。或以吉老告，遂以子往求治，既诊脉后，令其父先归，留其子，设乐开宴
酬劝无算，至醉乃罢，扶病者坐轿中，使人舁之，高下其手，常令倾倒，展转久之，方令
登榻而卧，达旦酒醒，遣之归家，前日斜视之物，皆理正之。父母跃然而喜，且询治之之方
吉老云∶令嗣无他疾，醉中尝卧，闪倒肝之一叶，搭于肺上不能下，故视正物为斜，今复
饮之醉，则肺胀，展转之间，肝亦垂下矣，药安能治之哉？富翁浓为之酬。
《九灵山房集》云∶元末四明有吕复，别号沧洲翁。深于医道。临川道士萧云泉，眼中
视物皆倒植，请治于复。问其因，萧曰∶某尝大醉，尽吐所饮酒，熟睡至天明，遂得此病。
复切其脉，左关浮促。即告之曰∶尝伤酒大吐时，上焦反复，致倒其胆腑，故视物皆倒植，
此不内外因，而致内伤者也。法当复吐，以正其胆，遂以藜芦、瓜蒂为粗末，用水煎之，使
平旦顿服，以吐为度。吐毕视物如常。
张子和治一年幼子，十余岁，目赤多泪，众医无效。子和见之曰∶此子目病，原为母腹
中被惊得之。其父曰∶孕时在临清被兵恐。令服瓜蒂散加郁金，上涌下泻，各去涎沫数升。
人皆笑之曰∶儿腹中无病，何以吐泻如此？至明日，了然爽明。
《道山清话》云∶张子颜少卿，晚年常目光闪闪然，中有白衣人如佛像者。子颜信之弥
谨，乃不食肉，不饮酒。然体瘠而多病矣。一日从汪寿卿求脉，寿卿一见大惊，不复言，但
投以大丸数十，小丸千余粒。祝曰∶十日中服之当尽，却以示报。既如期，视所见白衣人变
黄，而光无所见矣。乃欲得肉食，又思饮酒。又明日，黄亦不见，觉气体异他日矣。乃诣寿
卿以告。寿卿曰∶吾固知矣。公脾初受病，为肺所乘，心，脾之母也，公既多疑，心气不固
自然有所睹，吾以大丸实其脾，小丸补其心，肺为脾之子，既不能胜其母，其病自愈也。
《北梦琐言》曰∶有少年苦眩晕眼花，常见一镜子。赵卿诊之曰∶来晨以鱼 奉候。及
期延于内，从容久饥，候客退方得攀接，俄而桌上施一瓯芥醋，更无他味，少年饥甚，闻芥
醋香，径啜之，逡巡再啜，遂觉胸中豁然，镜影消无。卿曰∶郎君吃眼前鱼 太多，无芥醋
不快，又鱼鳞在胸中，所以眼花。故权诳而愈其症也。
丹溪治一老人，病目暴不见物。他无所苦，起坐饮食如故，此大虚证也。急煎人参膏二
斤，服二日，目方见。一医与青礞石药，朱曰∶今夜死矣。不悟此病得之气大虚，不救其虚
而反用礞石，不出此夜必死。果至半夜死。
一少年早起，忽视物不见，熟卧片时，略见而不明，食减甚倦，脉缓大，重按散而无力
意其受湿所致，询之果卧湿地半月，遂用苍术、白术、茯苓、黄 、陈皮，少佐附子，二
十剂而安。
汪石山治一妇，年逾四十两目昏昧，咳嗽头疼似鸣，若过饥益甚。医治以眼科药，反剧
脉皆细弱，脾脉尤近乎弱，曰脾虚也。五脏六腑之精，皆禀受于脾，上贯于目，脾虚不
能输运脏腑精微归明于目，故目昏脑鸣头痛之候出矣。脾虚则肺金失养，故咳嗽形焉。医不
补脾养血，妄以苦寒治眼，是谓治标不治本也。遂用参、 各钱半，麦门冬、贝母各一钱，
归身八分，陈皮、川芎各七分，升麻、柴胡、甘草各五分而安。
薛立斋治一男子，日晡两目紧涩，服黄柏、知母之类反剧，更加便血，此脾伤不能统血
输荣于目然也。遂用补中益气汤送下六味丸而安。
给事张禹功，目赤不明，服驱风散热之剂，反畏明重听，脉大而虚。此由心劳过度，思
虑伤脾。盖心劳则不能生血，脾伤则不能运输，精败于目也。用补中益气汤加茯神、酸枣仁
山药、山茱萸、辽五味而安。后自摄不谨，复作益甚，用十全大补汤加前药而复愈。
王海藏治一女，形肥年将笄，时患目，或一月或两月一发，每发则红肿，如此者三年，
服祛风热药，左目反生顽翳，从锐 起遮瞳仁，右目亦生翳，自下而上。洁古云∶从外走内
者少阳也，从下而走上者阳明也。此少阳阳明二经有积滞也。六脉短滑而实，轻取则短涩。
遂用温白丸，减川芎、附子三分之二，倍加胆草、黄连下之，服如东垣痞积丸法，初服二丸
每日加一丸，如至大便利，则每日减一丸，复从二丸加起，忽一日泻下黑血块，如黑豆大
而硬，自此渐愈，翳膜尽去。
撄宁生治一人，过食醋蒜猪肉煎饼，后复饮酒大醉，卧于暖坑，次日瞳神散大，视无定
以小为大，以大为小，行步踏空，百治不效。予曰∶瞳子散大，由食辛热太过然也。盖辛
主散，热助火，辛热乘于脑中，故睛散，睛散则视物无的也。遂用芩连诸寒之药为君，归芎
诸甘、辛为臣，五味子酸为佐，人参、甘草、天冬、地骨皮为使，柴胡为肝窍之引，百剂而
安。
一妇人目翳绿色，从下而上，病自阳明来，绿非正色，殆肺合肾而为病，犹画家以黑调
白，合成谛之象，乃用泻肺肾之药，而以入阳明之药为引使。
唐高宗常苦头重，目不能视，召侍医秦鸣鹤诊之，请刺头出血可愈，太后不欲上疾愈，
怒曰∶此可斩也，乃欲于天子头刺血。上曰∶但刺之，未必不佳。乃刺二穴。上曰∶吾目似
明矣。后举手加额曰∶天赐也。自负彩缎百匹，以赐鸣鹤。
安庆赵君玉，目暴赤肿，点洗不退，偶思戴人有云∶凡病在上者，皆宜吐之。乃以茶调
散涌之，一涌而目愈。君玉叹曰∶法之妙其迅如此，乃知法不远人，人自远法也。
孙真人在仁庙朝，治卫才人患眼疼，众医不能疗，或用凉药，或用补药，加之脏腑不安
上召孙。孙曰∶臣非眼科，乞不全责于臣，降旨有功无过。孙乃诊之，肝脉弦滑，非壅热
也，乃才人年少时人壮血盛，肝血并不相通。遂问宫人，宫人云∶月经已二月不通矣。遂用
通经药。经既通，不日疾愈矣。上赐孙三十万缗。宫人谣曰∶神医不来，双睛难开。
许学士云∶荀牧仲尝谓予曰∶有人视一物为两，医作肝气盛，故一见为二，服泻肝药皆
不验，此何疾也？予曰∶孙真人曰∶《灵枢》有云∶目之系上属于脑，后出于项中。邪中于
头目，乘目之虚，其入深，则随目系入于脑，入于脑则转，转则目系急，急则目眩以转，邪
中其精，所中不相比也，则精散，精散则视歧，故见两物也。令服驱风入脑药得愈。
丹霞朱僧氏代章宗出家，既病三阳蓄热，常居静室，不敢见明，明则头疼如锥，每置水
于顶上，不能解其热，历诸医莫能辨其病，后治之七日而愈，其法用汗吐下三法而已，后用
凉物清镇之，平复如故。
一女子年十四岁，因恚怒，先月经不通，寒热胁痛，后两目生翳，青绿色从外至内。予
谓寒热胁痛，足厥阴之症也。翳从外 起，足少阳风证，左关脉弦数，按之而涩，肝经风热
兼血滞也，遂以加味逍遥散加防风、龙胆草，四服，而寒热胁痛顿减，用六味丸，月余而
翳消。
一妇人患偏头痛五、七年，大便结燥，两目赤肿眩运。世之头风药，无不服，其头上针
艾数千百矣。一日戴人诊其脉，急数而有力，风热之甚也。此头角痛，是三焦相火之经，乃
阳明燥金胜也。燥金胜乘肝，则肝气郁，肝气郁则气血壅，气血壅则上下不通，故燥结于里
寻至失明。治以大承气汤，令河水煎二两，加芒硝一两，煎成，顿令分三次服，下泄如汤
二十余行，次服七宣丸、神功丸以润之，波菱葵菜、猪羊血以滑之，三剂之外目豁然，首轻
燥泽结释而愈。
楼全善治男子，每夜至目珠连眉棱骨痛，头亦半边肿痛，以黄连膏等寒凉点之，益疼，
诸药不效，灸厥阴少阴，痛随止。半月后又作，又灸又止。月余，遂用夏枯草、香附子各二
两，甘草四钱，共为末，每食后茶清调服钱半，下咽疼即减半，七日痊愈。
子和尝自病目，或肿或赤，羞明瘾涩，百余日不愈，忽眼科张仲安云，宜刺上星、百会
攒竹、丝竹空诸穴上血出，又以草茎内两鼻中出血，约升许，来日愈大半，三日平复如故，
此则血实宜破之之法也。
禹锡云∶向有崔承元为官时，治一人死罪，因囚久乃活而出之，后囚病目数年，服药全
愈，以别恙而终。一日，崔目忽病内障，苦极，丧明逾年，尝自叹息，囚家遂以黄连羊肝丸
告，崔乃根据合，服不数月，其眼复明，因传于世。
晋范宁尝苦目痛，就张湛求方，湛戏之曰∶古方宋阳子少得其术，以授鲁东门伯，次授
左丘明，遂世世相传，以及汉杜子夏，晋左太冲，凡此诸贤，并有目疾，得此方云∶省读书
一，减思虑二，专视内三，简外观四，早起晚五，夜早眠六，丸六物，熬以神火，下以气节
蕴于胸中，七日，然后纳诸方寸，修之一时，近能数其目睫，远能视棰之余，长服不
已，非但明目且亦延年。审如是而行，不可谓之嘲戏，亦奇方也。
《云麓漫抄》记载：淮南人杨吉老，是一位儒医。有一位富人的儿子突然患了眼病，看正的东西都认为是斜的，像几案、书席这类摆放整齐的物品，他一定要重新移动弄斜，自己才觉得是正的，以至于写信写字，没有不是这样的，父母非常担忧，换了好几个医生，都不懂这是什么病。有人把杨吉老推荐给他，于是带着儿子去求治。诊脉之后，让父亲先回去，留下儿子，摆设音乐开宴款待，劝酒无数，直到喝醉才停止，扶着病人坐在轿子里，让人抬着，上下颠簸，经常让他身体倾斜，辗转很久，才让他上床睡觉，到天亮酒醒后，送他回家，前一天看斜的东西，现在都理顺变正了。父母高兴地跳跃起来，并且询问治疗的方子，杨吉老说：“令郎没有其他疾病，醉酒中曾经躺卧时，闪伤了肝脏的一叶，搭在肺上不能下降，所以看正的东西以为是斜的，现在再次让他喝醉，肺部就会胀大，在辗转之间，肝脏也就垂下去了，药物怎么能治疗呢？”富翁重重地酬谢了他。
《九灵山房集》记载：元朝末年，四明有一位吕复，别号沧洲翁。对医道很有研究。临川道士萧云泉，眼中看东西都是倒立的，向吕复请求治疗。询问病因，萧云泉说：“我曾经大醉，把喝进去的酒全部吐出来，熟睡到第二天早晨，就得了这个病。”吕复切他的脉，左关脉浮而急促。随即告诉他说：“曾经在大醉呕吐时，上焦反复翻动，导致胆腑位置颠倒，所以看东西都是倒立的，这是不内外因导致的内伤。治疗方法应当再次催吐，来矫正胆腑的位置，于是用藜芦、瓜蒂研成粗末，用水煎煮，让他在清晨一次性服下，以吐出为限度。吐完后看东西就像平常一样了。”
张子和治疗一个十几岁的幼童，眼睛红赤多泪，众医无效。张子和看了之后说：“这个孩子的眼病，原本是在母腹中被惊吓所致。”孩子的父亲说：“怀孕时在临清遭遇兵乱受到惊恐。”张子和让他服用加郁金的瓜蒂散，通过涌吐和泻下，各排出痰涎数升。人们都嘲笑他说：“孩子肚子里没病，为什么要这样吐泻？”到了第二天，眼睛清爽明亮了。
《道山清话》记载：张子颜少卿，晚年常常目光闪烁，中间好像有穿白衣的人像佛像一样。张子颜对此深信不疑，于是不吃肉，不喝酒。然而身体消瘦而且多病了。有一天从汪寿卿那里求脉，汪寿卿一见大惊，不再说话，只是投给几十个大丸药，一千多粒小丸药。嘱咐说：“十天内服完它，然后回来报告。”果然如期而至，看见那个白衣人变成了黄色，光芒看不见了。于是想要吃肉，又想喝酒。又过了一天，黄色也看不见了，感觉身体气息与往日不同了。于是去拜访汪寿卿告诉他。汪寿卿说：“我本来就知道。您的脾脏起初受病，被肺脏所克制，心是脾的母亲，您既然多疑，心气不固，自然会有幻觉，我用大丸药充实您的脾，用小丸药补益您的心，肺是脾的儿子，既然不能战胜母亲，病自然就好了。”
《北梦琐言》记载：有一个少年苦于眩晕眼花，常看见一面镜子。赵卿诊断后说：“明天早上用鱼鲊（腌鱼）招待您。”到了约定时间，把他请进内室，从容地让他长时间饥饿，等客人退下后才得以接触，不一会儿桌上放了一碗芥末醋，没有其他味道，少年非常饥饿，闻到芥末醋的香味，直接喝下去，过了一会儿又喝了一次，就觉得胸中豁然开朗，镜子的影子消失了。赵卿说：“郎君吃眼前的鱼鲊太多，没有芥末醋就不痛快，又是鱼鳞卡在胸中，所以眼花。所以故意欺骗他来治愈病症。”
丹溪治疗一位老人，突发眼病看不见东西。没有其他痛苦，起居饮食如常，这是大虚证。急忙煎制人参膏两斤，服用两天，眼睛才看得见。另一个医生给了青礞石药，朱丹溪说：“今晚就要死了。”不明白这个病是由于气的大虚，不救其虚反而用礞石，不出今晚必死。果然半夜死了。
一个少年早起，忽然看东西看不见，熟睡片刻，稍微看见但不清晰，食欲减退非常疲倦，脉象缓大而重按散漫无力，推测是受湿邪所致，询问后果然是睡在湿地半个月，于是用苍术、白术、茯苓、黄芪、陈皮，稍加附子，二十剂后痊愈。
汪石山治疗一位妇女，年过四十，两眼昏花，咳嗽头痛似鸣响，如果过度饥饿更加严重。医生用眼科药治疗，反而加重，脉象都细弱，脾脉尤其接近于弱，说是脾虚。五脏六腑的精气，都禀受于脾，向上贯通于目，脾虚不能输运脏腑精微归明于目，所以出现目昏、脑鸣、头痛的症状。脾虚则肺金失养，所以咳嗽形成。医生不补脾养血，胡乱用苦寒药治眼，这叫治标不治本。于是用人参、白术各钱半，麦门冬、贝母各一钱，当归身八分，陈皮、川芎各七分，升麻、柴胡、甘草各五分，而痊愈。
薛立斋治疗一个男子，傍晚时分两眼紧绷干涩，服用黄柏、知母之类反而加重，加上便血，这是脾受伤不能统摄血液输送营养于目的缘故。于是用补中益气汤送服六味丸而痊愈。
给事张禹功，眼睛红赤不明，服用驱风散热药剂，反而怕光重听，脉象大而虚。这是由于心劳过度，思虑伤脾。因为心劳则不能生血，脾伤则不能运输，精气败坏于目。用补中益气汤加茯神、酸枣仁、山药、山茱萸、辽五味子而痊愈。后来自己调养不慎，复发且更严重，用十全大补汤加前面的药而复愈。
王海藏治疗一个女子，形体肥胖将近成年，时常患眼病，有时一个月发作一次，有时两个月发作一次，每次发作则红肿，像这样三年了，服用祛风热药，左眼反而生出顽固翳膜，从眼角内侧起遮住瞳仁，右眼也生翳，从下往上长。洁古说：“从外向内走的是少阳经，从下往上走的是阳明经。”这是少阳、阳明二经有积滞。六脉短滑而实，轻取则短涩。于是用温白丸，减去川芎、附子三分之二，加倍加入龙胆草、黄连攻下，服用方法像东垣的痞积丸法，初服二丸，每天加一丸，如果大便通畅，则每天减一丸，又从二丸开始加起，忽然一天泻下黑血块，像黑豆大小而且硬，从此渐渐痊愈，翳膜尽去。
撄宁生治疗一个人，过量食用醋蒜猪肉煎饼，后来又饮酒大醉，睡在暖炕上，第二天瞳孔散大，视物不定，以小为大，以大爲小，走路踏空，各种治疗无效。我说：“瞳孔散大，是由于食用辛辣温热太过造成的。辛主发散，热助火势，辛热侵袭脑部，所以眼睛散大，眼睛散大则视物没有焦点。”于是用黄芩、黄连等寒凉药为主药，当归、川芎等甘辛药为辅药，五味子酸味为佐药，人参、甘草、天冬、地骨皮为使药，柴胡作为引经药入肝窍，一百剂后痊愈。
一个妇人眼生绿色翳膜，从下往上长，病来自阳明经，绿色不是正色，大概是肺合肾而致病，就像画家以黑调白，合成真实的样子，于是用泻肺肾的药，而以入阳明经的药为引使。
唐高宗常常苦于头重，眼睛不能视物，召侍医秦鸣鹤诊治，秦鸣鹤请求刺头出血可以痊愈，太后不想皇上病好，生气地说：“这可以斩首，竟然想在天子头上刺血。”皇上说：“只管刺，未必不好。”于是刺了两个穴位。皇上说：“我的眼睛似乎明亮了。”后来举手加额说：“是天赐的。”亲自背负彩缎百匹，赐予秦鸣鹤。
安庆赵君玉，眼睛突然红赤肿胀，点洗不退，偶然想起戴人说过：“凡是病在上部的，都适宜用吐法。”于是用茶调散涌吐，一次涌吐而眼病痊愈。赵君玉感叹说：“法的妙处如此迅速，才知道法不离人，是人自己远离法啊。”
孙真人（孙思邈）在仁宗皇帝朝，治疗卫才人患眼疼，众医不能治疗，有的用凉药，有的用补药，加之脏腑不安，皇上召见孙思邈。孙思邈说：“臣不是眼科医生，请求不要全怪罪于臣，降旨有功无过。”孙思邈于是诊脉，肝脉弦滑，不是壅热，而是才人年轻时人体壮血盛，肝血并不相通。于是问宫人，宫人说：“月经已经两个月不通了。”于是用通经药。月经既通，不久疾病痊愈了。皇上赏赐孙思邈三十万缗。宫中谣传说：“神医不来，双睛难开。”
许学士说：荀牧仲曾经对我说：“有人看一个物体变成两个，医生当作肝气盛，所以一看就成两个，服用泻肝药都不见效，这是什么病？”我说：“孙真人说：《灵枢》中有云：眼的系连上部属于脑，后面出于项中。邪气中于头目，乘眼睛之虚，深入则随目系进入脑，进入脑则转动，转动则目系紧急，紧急则目眩旋转，邪气中于精髓，所中的部位不相配合，则精髓散乱，精髓散乱则视物歧出，所以看见两个物体。”令其服用驱风入脑药得愈。
丹霞朱僧氏代替章宗出家，既患三阳蓄热，常居静室，不敢见光明，见光明则头疼如锥刺，每放置水在头顶，不能解其热，经过各个医生都不能辨明病情，后来治疗七天而愈，其方法只用汗、吐、下三法而已，后用凉物清镇之，平复如故。
一个女子十四岁，因为愤怒，先月经不通，寒热胁痛，后来两眼生翳，青绿色从外至内。我认为寒热胁痛，是足厥阴肝经的症状。翳从外侧起，是足少阳风证，左关脉弦数，按之而涩，是肝经风热兼血滞，于是用加味逍遥散加防风、龙胆草，四服后，寒热胁痛顿减，用六味丸，月余而翳消。
一个妇人患偏头痛五、七年，大便结燥，两眼红赤肿胀眩晕。世上的头风药，没有不服用的，头上的针艾灸数千百次了。有一天戴人诊其脉，急数而有力，是风热很甚。这是头角痛，是三焦相火之经，乃阳明燥金胜也。燥金胜乘肝，则肝气郁，肝气郁则气血壅，气血壅则上下不通，所以燥结于里进而导致失明。治疗用大承气汤，令用河水煎二两，加芒硝一两，煎成，顿令分三次服，下泄如汤二十余次，接着服七宣丸、神功丸以润之，波菱葵菜、猪羊血以滑之，三剂之外眼睛豁然开朗，头轻燥泽结释而愈。
楼全善治疗男子，每晚到眼球连着眉棱骨痛，头也半边肿痛，用黄连膏等寒凉药点眼，疼痛加剧，诸药无效，灸厥阴、少阴穴，痛随之停止。半月后又发作，又灸又止。月余，于是用夏枯草、香附子各二两，甘草四钱，共为末，每食后茶清调服钱半，下咽疼即减半，七日痊愈。
张子和曾经自己患眼病，或肿或红，羞明瘾涩，百余日不愈，忽然眼科张仲安说，宜刺上星、百会、攒竹、丝竹空诸穴，使血流出，又以草茎插入两鼻孔中出血，约一升左右，第二天好了大半，三天平复如故，这是血实宜破之的方法。
禹锡说：以前崔承元做官时，治疗一个死囚犯，因为囚犯久病而活下来放出狱，后来囚犯患眼病数年，服药全愈，因其他病而死。一天，崔承元忽然患内障，痛苦至极，丧明逾年，曾经自己叹息，囚犯家属于是用黄连羊肝丸告知，崔承元于是根据配方制作，服用不到几个月，眼睛复明，因此流传于世。
晋朝范宁曾经苦于眼痛，向张湛求方，张湛开玩笑说：“古方宋阳子少得其术，传授给鲁东门伯，其次传授给左丘明，于是世代相传，以及汉代的杜子夏，晋代的左太冲，所有这些贤人，都有眼疾，得到此方说：省读书一，减思虑二，专视内三，简外观四，早起晚五，夜早眠六，丸六物，熬以神火，下以气节蕴于胸中，七日，然后纳诸方寸，修之一时，近能数其目睫，远能视棰之余，长服不已，非但明目且亦延年。如果确实这样实行，不可称之为嘲戏，也是奇方。”
*Yunlu Mancao* records: Yang Jilao from Huainan was a Confucian physician. A rich man's son suddenly suffered from an eye disease; he perceived straight objects as slanted. Objects such as tables, chairs, and book rests, which were arranged neatly, had to be moved by him until they were slanted for him to consider them straight. This applied even when writing letters. His parents were very worried and consulted several physicians, none of whom understood the ailment. Someone recommended Yang Jilao, so the father brought his son for treatment. After taking the pulse, Yang asked the father to return home first, keeping the son behind. He set up music and held a banquet, offering unlimited wine until the son was drunk. The patient was then placed in a sedan chair, carried by attendants, with his hands raised and lowered frequently to make him tilt, rolling back and forth for a long time, before being allowed to lie down on the bed. At dawn, after the alcohol wore off, he was sent home. The objects that appeared slanted the previous day now appeared straight. The parents jumped for joy and inquired about the treatment method. Yang Jilao said, "Your son has no other illness. While drunk, he once lay down and strained his liver, causing one lobe of the liver to rest upon the lungs and preventing it from descending. Thus, straight objects appeared slanted. Now, by getting him drunk again, the lungs become distended. During the rolling process, the liver also descended. How could medicine treat this?" The rich man rewarded him generously.
*Ji Lingshanfang Ji* records: In the late Yuan Dynasty, there was a man named Lu Fu from Siming, with the pseudonym Cangzhou Weng. He was deeply knowledgeable in medical arts. Xiao Yunquan, a Daoist priest from Linchuan, saw objects upside down and sought treatment from Lu Fu. When asked about the cause, Xiao said, "I once drank heavily, vomited all the wine I had consumed, slept soundly until morning, and then developed this illness." Lu Fu palpated his pulse and found the left Guan position floating and rapid. He immediately told him, "When you were severely drunk and vomiting, the upper jiao was repeatedly disturbed, causing the gallbladder to invert. Hence, you see objects upside down. This is an internal injury caused by neither external nor internal factors alone. The treatment should induce vomiting to correct the position of the gallbladder." Therefore, he used Veratrum nigrum (Lilu) and Melon stalk (Gua Di), ground into coarse powder, decocted in water, and administered in one dose at dawn, stopping when vomiting occurred. After vomiting, his vision returned to normal.
Zihe Zheng treated a young boy of over ten years old who suffered from red, tearful eyes. Other physicians were ineffective. Zihe Zheng observed and said, "This child's eye disease originated from fright experienced in the womb." The father replied, "During pregnancy, we were in Linqing during a military conflict, and I was frightened." Zihe Zheng prescribed Gualisan (Melon Stalk Powder) with Curcuma aromatica (Yujin). Through emesis and purgation, several sheng of phlegm-saliva were expelled. People laughed, saying, "The child has no illness in the abdomen; why induce such severe vomiting and purging?" By the next day, his eyes were clear and bright.
*Daoshan Qinghua* records: Zhang Ziyanshaoqing often experienced flashing lights in his eyes, appearing like white-clad figures resembling Buddha statues. Zhang Ziyan believed this intensely, abstaining from meat and alcohol. However, he became emaciated and ill. One day, he sought a pulse diagnosis from Wang Shouqing. Wang Shouqing was greatly alarmed upon seeing him, said nothing, but gave him dozens of large pills and over a thousand small pills. He instructed, "Take these within ten days, then report back." As promised, Zhang reported that the white figure turned yellow, and the light disappeared. He then craved meat and alcohol. The next day, the yellow color also vanished, and he felt different from usual. He visited Wang Shouqing to report this. Wang Shouqing said, "I knew this would happen. Your spleen was initially diseased and overcome by the lungs. The heart is the mother of the spleen. Since you were prone to suspicion, your heart qi was unstable, leading to hallucinations. I used large pills to tonify the spleen and small pills to nourish the heart. The lung is the child of the spleen; since it cannot overcome its mother, the illness will heal naturally."
*Beimeng Suoyan* records: A young man suffered from dizziness and blurred vision, often seeing a mirror. Zhao Qing diagnosed him and said, "Tomorrow morning, I will serve you fish paste (Yu Zha)." Upon arrival, he kept the young man hungry for a long time in an inner room until guests departed. Then, a bowl of mustard vinegar was placed on the table, with no other food. The young man, extremely hungry, smelled the mustard vinegar and drank it directly, then drank it again shortly after. He felt a sudden relief in his chest, and the mirror image disappeared. Zhao Qing said, "You have eaten too much fish paste, which causes discomfort without mustard vinegar. Fish scales stuck in the chest cause blurred vision. Thus, I deceived you to cure the symptom."
Danxi treated an elderly man who suddenly lost his vision. He had no other discomforts, and his daily activities and diet remained normal. This was a case of severe deficiency. Danxi urgently prepared two jin of Ginseng Paste. After two days of consumption, the patient's vision recovered. Another physician prescribed Qingmengshi (Green Conglomerate Stone) medicine. Zhu Danxi said, "He will die tonight." Unaware that the disease resulted from severe qi deficiency, using Qingmengshi instead of treating the deficiency would surely lead to death before nightfall. Indeed, the patient died at midnight.
A young man woke up early and suddenly could not see. After sleeping for a while, he could see slightly but unclearly. His appetite decreased significantly, and he felt very tired. His pulse was slow, large, and scattered when pressed heavily, indicating dampness. Inquiry revealed he had slept on damp ground for half a month. Treatment used Atractylodes macrocephala (Baizhu), Atractylodes lancea (Cangzhu), Poria (Fuling), Astragalus membranaceus (Huangqi), and Citrus reticulata (Chenpi), with a small amount of Aconitum carmichaelii (Fuzi). After twenty doses, he recovered.
Wang Shishan treated a woman over forty years old who suffered from dim vision, cough, headache, and tinnitus, worsening with hunger. Other doctors used ophthalmic medicines, which aggravated the condition. Her pulses were fine and weak, especially the Spleen pulse, indicating Spleen deficiency. The essence of the five zang and six fu organs is derived from the Spleen and ascends to the eyes. Spleen deficiency fails to transport the essence of the organs to illuminate the eyes, causing dim vision, head buzzing, and headaches. Spleen deficiency leads to Lung metal losing nourishment, resulting in cough. Instead of tonifying the Spleen and nourishing blood, the doctor wrongly used bitter-cold medicines for the eyes, treating the branch rather than the root. Treatment used Ginseng (Renshen) and Atractylodes macrocephala (Baizhu), each 1 qian 5 fen; Ophiopogon japonicus (Maidong) and Fritillaria cirrhosa (Beimu), each 1 qian; Angelica sinensis (Danggui) 8 fen; Citrus reticulata (Chenpi) and Ligusticum chuanxiong (Chuanxiong), each 7 fen; Cimicifuga foetida (Shengma) and Bupleurum chinense (Chaihu), and Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gancao), each 5 fen. She recovered.
Xue Lizhai treated a man whose eyes felt tight and dry in the late afternoon. Taking Phellodendron amurense (Huangbai) and Anemarrhena asphodeloides (Zhimu) worsened the condition, accompanied by bloody stools. This was due to Spleen injury failing to control blood and transport nutrients to the eyes. Treatment used Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) taken with Liuwei Wan (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia). She recovered.
Official Zhang Yugong suffered from red, unclear eyes. After taking wind-dispelling and heat-clearing formulas, he became photophobic and deaf. His pulse was large and deficient. This was caused by excessive mental labor and worry injuring the Spleen. Mental labor prevents blood generation; Spleen injury prevents transport, leading to essence deterioration in the eyes. Treatment used Buzhong Yiqi Tang plus Polygalae Radix (Fushen), Ziziphus jujuba seed (Suanzaoren), Dioscorea opposita (Shanyao), Cornus officinalis (Shanzhuyu), and Schisandra chinensis (Wuweizi). She recovered. Later, due to improper self-care, the illness recurred more severely. Treatment used Shiquan Dabu Tang (Ten-Agent Great Tonifying Decoction) with the previous herbs, leading to recovery.
Wang Haizang treated a fat girl nearing adulthood who suffered from eye diseases recurring every one or two months, with redness and swelling. After three years of taking wind-heat dispelling medicines, her left eye developed a stubborn nebula starting from the inner canthus covering the pupil, and her right eye developed a nebula growing from bottom to top. Jiegu said, "Movement from outside to inside involves the Shaoyang channel; movement from bottom to top involves the Yangming channel." This indicated stagnation in both Shaoyang and Yangming channels. The six pulses were short, slippery, and solid, but short and rough when lightly palpated. Treatment used Wenbai Wan (Warm White Pill), reducing Chuanxiong and Fuzi by two-thirds, doubling Longdancao (Gentiana scabra) and Huanglian (Coptis chinensis) for purgation. Taken according to Dongyuan's method for Pi Ji Wan: start with two pills, increasing by one daily. If bowel movements are smooth, decrease by one daily, then restart from two. Suddenly, she passed black blood clods, hard like black beans. Gradually, she recovered, and the nebulae disappeared.
Yningsheng treated a person who overconsumed vinegar-garlic pork pancakes and then drank heavily, sleeping on a warm kang. The next day, his pupils dilated, vision was unstable (seeing small as large, large as small), and he stumbled. Various treatments failed. I said, "Pupil dilation is due to excessive intake of pungent and hot foods. Pungency disperses, and heat aids fire. Pungent-heat invading the brain causes the eyes to scatter, leading to unfocused vision." Treatment used Scutellaria baicalensis (Huangqin) and Coptis chinensis (Huanglian) as sovereign cold medicines; Angelica sinensis (Danggui) and Ligusticum chuanxiong (Chuanxiong) as minister sweet-pungent medicines; Schisandra chinensis (Wuweizi) as assistant sour medicine; Ginseng (Renshen), Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gancao), Asparagus cochinchinensis (Tiangdong), and Lycium barbarum root bark (Digupi) as envoy medicines; Bupleurum chinense (Chaihu) as a guide to the Liver orifice. After a hundred doses, he recovered.
A woman had a green nebula growing from bottom to top, originating from the Yangming channel. Green is not a primary color, suggesting a combined pathology of Lung and Kidney, similar to mixing black and white in painting. Treatment used medicines to drain the Lung and Kidney, guided by Yangming channel herbs.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang often suffered from heavy head and blindness. He summoned attending physician Qin Minghe, who requested acupuncture to bleed the head for cure. The Empress Dowager did not want the Emperor cured and angrily said, "This deserves execution; how dare you bleed the Son of Heaven!" The Emperor said, "Just do it; it may not be bad." Two acupoints were needled. The Emperor said, "My eyes seem clear." He later raised his hand to his forehead, saying, "It is heaven's gift." He personally bestowed a hundred bolts of silk on Minghe.
Zhao Junyu of Anqing suffered from sudden red, swollen eyes unresponsive to drops and washes. Recalling Dairen's saying, "Illnesses in the upper body should be treated with emesis," he used Chao Tiao San (Tea Regulation Powder) to induce vomiting. One episode of vomiting cured the eye disease. Junyu sighed, "The efficacy of this method is so swift. I realize methods are close to people; people distance themselves from methods."
Sun Simiao, during the reign of Emperor Renzong, treated Concubine Wei for eye pain. Other physicians failed, using either cooling or tonifying medicines, causing organ disharmony. The Emperor summoned Sun. Sun said, "I am not an eye specialist; please do not hold me fully responsible. Issue a decree stating merit without fault." Sun palpated the pulse, finding the Liver pulse wiry and slippery, not obstructive heat. It was due to the concubine's youth, strong constitution, and abundant blood, where Liver blood was not circulating. Asking palace maids, they confirmed amenorrhea for two months. Treatment used menstruation-promoting medicines. Once menstruation resumed, the illness healed quickly. The Emperor awarded Sun three hundred thousand strings of cash. Palace rumor went: "If the divine doctor does not come, double eyes are hard to open."
Scholar Xu recorded: Xun Muzhong once told me, "Someone sees one object as two. Physicians attributed it to excess Liver qi, prescribing Liver-draining medicines without effect. What is this disease?" I said, "Sun Simiao stated: *Ling Shu* says, 'The visual system connects to the brain above and emerges from the neck below.' Pathogenic factors strike the head and eyes, exploiting visual deficiency. Deep invasion follows the visual system into the brain. Brain rotation tightens the visual system, causing dizziness and rotation. Pathogens striking the essence cause misalignment, scattering essence. Scattered essence causes diplopia, seeing two objects." Prescribing wind-dispelling medicines entering the brain cured him.
Monk Zhu Danxia, having taken vows for Emperor Zongzong, suffered from accumulated heat in the Three Yang channels. He lived in a quiet room, avoiding light, which caused piercing headaches. Placing water on his head did not relieve the heat. Many physicians could not diagnose. After seven days of treatment, he recovered. The method used only sweating, vomiting, and purging, followed by cooling sedatives, restoring normalcy.
A fourteen-year-old girl, due to anger, first experienced amenorrhea, alternating chills and fever, and hypochondriac pain. Later, green nebulae grew from outside to inside in both eyes. I reasoned that chills, fever, and hypochondriac pain are symptoms of the Foot-Jueyin Liver channel. Nebulae starting from the outside indicate Wind syndrome of the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder channel. The left Guan pulse was wiry, rapid, and rough upon pressure, indicating Liver wind-heat with blood stasis. Treatment used Jiawei Xiaoyao San (Modified Free and Easy Wanderer Powder) with Saposhnikovia divaricata (Fangfeng) and Gentiana scabra (Longdancao). After four doses, chills, fever, and pain subsided. Liuwei Wan (Six-Ingredient Pill) was used, and the nebulae disappeared after a month.
A woman suffered from hemiplegic headache for five to seven years, with constipation, red swollen eyes, and dizziness. She had tried all headache medicines and undergone thousands of acupuncture and moxibustion sessions on her head. Dairen palpated her pulse, finding it rapid, numerous, and forceful, indicating severe wind-heat. This temple pain belongs to the Triple Burner Minister Fire channel, affected by Yangming Dry Metal dominance. Dry Metal overcoming Liver causes Liver qi stagnation, leading to Qi and Blood obstruction, blocking upper and lower flow, causing internal dryness and eventual blindness. Treatment used Dachengqi Tang (Major Order the Qi Decoction), decocted in river water with two liang of Rhubarb and one liang of Mirabilite. Taken in three divided doses, it caused over twenty watery stools. Subsequently, Qixuan Wan and Shengong Wan were taken to moisten, along with Malva verticillata leaves, Hibiscus esculentus, and pig/sheep blood to lubricate. Within three doses, vision cleared, the head felt light, dryness resolved, and she recovered.
Lou Quanshan treated a man who suffered from pain connecting the eyeball to the supraorbital ridge every night, with half-head swelling and pain. Cooling ointments like Huanglian Gao increased pain. Other medicines failed. Acupuncture at Jueyin and Shaoyin points stopped the pain temporarily. It recurred after half a month. After a month, treatment used Prunella vulgaris (Xiakucao) and Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu), each two liang, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gancao) four qian, ground into powder. Taken with tea after meals, one qian 5 fen per dose, pain halved upon swallowing. Recovered in seven days.
Zihe Zheng once suffered from eye disease himself, with swelling, redness, photophobia, and itching for over a hundred days. Ophthalmologist Zhang Zhongan suggested needling Shangxing, Baihui, Cuanzhu, and Sizhukong to bleed, and inserting grass stems into nostrils to bleed about one sheng. The next day, he improved significantly, recovering fully in three days. This is the method of breaking blood stasis when blood is excessive.
Yuxi recorded: Formerly, Cui Chengyuan, while an official, treated a death-row prisoner. The prisoner survived prolonged illness and was released. Years later, the prisoner suffered from eye disease, cured by medicine, and died of another ailment. One day, Cui suddenly developed cataracts, suffering immensely and losing sight for over a year. Sighing, he learned from the former prisoner's family about Huanglian Yanggan Wan (Coptis and Sheep Liver Pill). Cui prepared and took it. Within months, his sight restored, and the formula spread.
Fan Ning of Jin suffered from eye pain and sought a prescription from Zhang Zhan. Zhang joked, "An ancient formula from Song Yangzi was passed to Lu Dongmen Bo, then to Zuo Qiuming, and transmitted through generations to Du Zixia of Han and Zuo Taichong of Jin. All these sages had eye diseases and used this formula: Reduce reading one, reduce thinking two, focus inward three, simplify outward observation four, rise early sleep late five, sleep early at night six. Pillify these six substances, roast with divine fire, store in the chest for seven days, then place in the square inch (heart/mind). Practice for a moment: near vision can count eyelashes, far vision can see beyond a staff. Long-term use not only clears eyes but extends life. If truly practiced, it is not mockery but a miraculous formula."