Introduction to Chinese Ophthalmology

During the Northern Song Dynasty, a monograph on ophthalmology entitled “Yinhai Jingwei” by Sun Simiao appeared, listing 81 ophthalmic diseases and providing a more comprehensive discussion of the internal and external treatment of eye diseases; during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the heyday of the development of Chinese ophthalmology, ophthalmology writings emerged, and the famous ophthalmology monographs “Yuanji Qiyiwei”, “Xuezhi Yaohuan”, “Dacheng” and “Yinhai Guide” were published one after another, forming a more complete basic theory and clinical The influence of TCM ophthalmology has continued to this day. With the continuous import of Western ophthalmology, modern ophthalmology has absorbed the diagnostic techniques and methods of Western empirical medicine, combined macroscopic diagnosis and local diagnosis, and formed a mode of thinking and treatment that combines diagnosis and diagnosis, macroscopic and microscopic. It has played an important role in the field of non-surgical ophthalmology. With the change of environment and social development, the spectrum of ophthalmic diseases is also quietly changing. A large number of ophthalmic diseases are related to systemic diseases, neuroendocrine disorders, immune regulation disorders and microcirculatory disorders caused by uncontrolled diet and stimulation of the seven emotions and six desires, therefore, the treatment of ophthalmic diseases in TCM will take into account the relationship between human and environment, the connection between the human body itself as a whole and the influence of psychology, character and emotions, and develop a Therefore, TCM treatment will take into account the relationship between the person and the environment, the body’s own overall connection, as well as the influence of psychology, personality and emotion, and develop a targeted individual treatment plan to gradually adjust the imbalanced organism, so that the eyes can work in a relatively good environment and return to a better function and state.