The focus of dry eye treatment is different between Chinese and Western medicine, and there is no absolute good or bad. Western medical treatment relieves the symptoms faster, such as using artificial tear drops, etc. Chinese medicine treatment has a longer course of treatment, but generally the effect lasts for a long time, and the effect of treatment is solid. If you have dry eyes, please consult a doctor in time, after diagnosis and diagnosis and then use medication.
Dry eye is a Western concept, its symptoms such as dry eyes, see things difficult, blurred, etc. can be attributed to Chinese medicine “white asthma” category, divided into the following four types of evidence.
1. Lung Yin deficiency, manifested in the eyes can not look at things for a long time, the whites of the eyes with blood, accompanied by dry mouth and nose, dry throat, constipation, etc., the treatment needs to nourish Yin and moisten the lungs.
2. Liver meridian depression and heat syndrome, manifested as burning and stinging pain in the eyes, redness in the whites of the eyes, accompanied by bitter mouth and dry throat, irritability, insomnia and dreaminess, etc., the treatment needs to clear the liver and relieve depression, nourish blood and brighten the eyes.
3. Qi and Yin deficiency, manifested as photophobia, unable to see for a long time, accompanied by dry mouth, fatigue, dizziness, tinnitus, lumbar and knee weakness, etc., the treatment needs to benefit the qi and nourish yin, nourish the liver and kidneys.
4. Evil-heat-retention syndrome, after red eye, with photophobia, excessive eye droppings, mild redness of the white of the eyes and eyelids, etc. The treatment needs to clear away heat and benefit the lungs.
If there are any uncomfortable symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital immediately for treatment as prescribed by the doctor.