Scleral inflammation has been recorded in the ancient books of Chinese ophthalmology, called “fire chancre”, and it has good efficacy when treated with Chinese medicine. The most important thing is that it is not just a matter of the time, but also a matter of the time. The sclera is what we call the white eye. The outermost layer of the white eye has a film called the bulbar conjunctiva, and the inner layer is the harder sclera, which is composed of collagen fibers and wraps the eye contents like an eggshell. Let’s talk about outer scleral infection first: In general, outer scleral infection is often accompanied by eye redness, eye swelling and eye pain, sometimes accompanied by vision loss. Simple outer scleral infections commonly have a mild elevation in the center of the lesion, which can be mildly painful or uncomfortable to palpation; nodular outer scleral infections have single or multiple restricted nodules, which are light red or dark red in color and painful to palpation. The treatment of outer scleral infection is clear in Western medicine, that is, topical eye drops containing hormones, or local injections. The effect is usually very good. However, some patients have poor results with hormone therapy, and more troublesome is that a significant number of patients are prone to relapse, causing pain to the patient. For patients with all types of scleral infections, I think it is better to treat them with a combination of Chinese and Western medicine, if available. For the treatment of outer scleral inflammation, hormone therapy should be used, and on top of that, simultaneous intervention with Chinese medicine can achieve: 1. shorten the course of the disease and improve the efficacy; 2. reduce or prevent recurrence, which is a unique advantage of Chinese medicine; 3. Chinese medicine is also very effective in relieving pain; 4. Chinese medicine is also more effective for those who have failed to respond to western medical treatment. So, what is the rationale for TCM treatment? According to Chinese ophthalmology, the conjunctiva and superficial sclera are under the supervision of “lung” in Chinese medicine. However, it is important to note that the concept of lung in TCM is not exactly the same as the concept of lung in Western medicine. In the case of outer sclera, the main treatment in TCM is to “clear the lung heat”, which restores the original nature of the lung in TCM as a “purgative” organ to treat the disease. To treat this disease, TCM ophthalmologists need to examine the patient’s eyes, and also perform a whole-body “look, smell, ask, and cut” to treat the whole body and the eyes, so they need to see the patient in person. If the lesion involves the cornea, uvea, or retina, the patient should be treated with Chinese herbal medicine. In addition, special emphasis should be placed on diet and sleep. According to Chinese medicine, this disease is closely related to living habits: 1. 2, to avoid smoking and alcohol, do not eat too much spicy food, this is the most important point. Chinese medicine believes that spicy into the lungs, over-eating spicy easy to make the lungs dysfunctional. Especially in dry areas in the north, to eat less spicy hot, spicy crawfish, boiled fish, lamb skewers, and fried food. In addition, onion, ginger, garlic appropriate to eat less, the diet as a whole should be on the light side some. You can eat some celery, greens, cucumber, bitter melon, cabbage, tofu, etc. Do not drink coffee, sugary drinks and fermented tea, and do not just eat supplements, because patients are often not easy to distinguish the role and efficacy of supplements. 3, at the same time the diet should also pay attention to warmth, do not eat too cold food, such as cold beer, ice-cream, melon pear peach and other cold fruits, because these things are easy to hurt the body’s yang, but also easy to lead to relapse. Remember to remember!