CONJUNCTIVITIS (PINK EYE)

Clinical Manifestations
  • Acute: There is subjective itching with photophobia, stabbing pain, lacrimation, the sensation of a foreign body in the eye, and burning sensations.
    In the early and mild case, it's marked by slight swelling of the eyelid, severe congestion of the palpebral conjunctiva and the fornix (inside of eyelids) and mild congestion of the bulbar conjunctiva (thin protective coating over sclera). Additionally, there can be a sticky secretion.
    Features of a severe case include palpebral redness and swelling, obvious congestion of bulbar conjunctiva possibly accompanied with petechial hemorrhages and increase of mucus secretions at the inner canthus.
    Usually, conjunctivitis will reach its climax in 3 to 4 days, and then it will be relieved and recover in about 10 to 14 days.
    This is a kind of acute infectious opthalmopathy due to bacterial or viral infection. It's mainly characterized by an highly infectious condition and obvious conjunctival congestion.
  • Chronic:
    Dry itchy eyes leading to pain.
    Usually takes a long time to occur
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
  • Chinese Patent Medicines:
    Bi Yan Pian
    Eye drops: Zhen Zhu Ming Mu Di Yan Ye
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Itchy nose, mouth, eyes, throat, skin, or any area
  • Problems with smell
  • Runny nose
  • Sneezing
  • Tearing eyes
  • Coughing
  • Clogged ears and decreased sense of smell
  • Sore throat
  • Dark circles under the eyes
  • Puffiness under the eyes
  • Fatigue and irritability
  • Headache
  • Memory problems and slowed thinking
  • Fever and chills unrelieved by sweating
  • Headache
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Decreased body resistance
  • Aversion to Wind
  • Nasal congestion
  • No thirst
  • Dry heaves
  • Stiff neck
  • T: Normal
  • C: White and moist
  • P: Floating and moderate or Floating and weak or slow
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Wind
  • Release Wind-Cold from the muscle layer
  • Regulate and harmonize the Ying and Wei
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Copious, clear or white watery nasal discharge
  • Discomfort and stuffiness in the nose and sinus region
  • Reduction or loss of sense of smell
  • Frontal, maxillary or occipital headache
  • Sneezing
  • Itching eyes and nose and throat
  • Irritated, watery eyes
  • Absence of sweat
  • Maybe headache
  • Maybe cough
  • Pale, baggy mucus membranes
  • Red, swollen conjunctiva
  • Edema and vasodiation of the nasal mucus membrane
  • Maybe nasal polyps
  • Maybe nasal obstruction
  • Severe chills
  • Mild or no fever
  • Generalized discomfort
  • Stiff neck and shoulders
  • Body aches
  • Joint ache
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Hiccups
  • Anhidrosis
  • Gasping
  • Stabbing joint pain
  • Asthma
  • Aversion to Wind and Cold
  • Maybe low back pain
  • Maybe frozen shoulder
  • Maybe dyspnea
  • Maybe epistaxis (severe)
  • Dizziness
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Maybe blood-shot eyes
  • Maybe dry nose
  • Maybe bitter taste in mouth
  • Maybe insomnia
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin, white
  • P: Superficial and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Resolve the Exterior with with Warm Acrid ingredients
  • Disperse Wind
  • Alleviate pain
  • Unblock the nose
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Severe fever and chills without sweat
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Irritability
  • Fidgetiness
  • Headache
  • Cough
  • Wheezing (asthma)
  • Muscle aches
  • General body aches
  • Thirst
  • Heaviness and aching of the entire body
  • Shortness of breath
  • Floating edema (severe)
  • Restlessness
  • Anhidrosis
  • Fidgeting
  • May be high fever
  • Edema
  • Dyspnea
  • T: Normal
  • C:Thin white or Yellow
  • P: Floating and tight or Rapid or Tight and rapid or wiry and tight
Treatment Principle
  • Promote diaphoresis
  • Release the Exterior
  • Clear Interior Heat
  • Relieve irritability
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever
  • Sweating
  • Thirst
  • Dysenteric diarrhea
  • Foul-smelling stools
  • A burning sensation around the anus
  • Gasping
  • Ephidrosis
  • Palpitations
  • Tenesmus
  • Maybe red tinged urine
  • Irritability and Heat in the chest and epigastrium
  • Stiffness and spasms at the back of the neck
  • Dry mouth
  • Dyspnea with perspiration
  • Maybe wheezing
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow (Greasy)
  • P: Rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Release the Exterior
  • Clear Internal Yang Ming Heat
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Aversion to Wind and Cold
  • Facial edema moving to generalized edema
  • Slight fever or fever and chills
  • Thirst
  • Slight but continuous perspiration
  • Sore, heavy limbs
  • Decreased urination
  • Headache
  • Edematous orbits
  • A red, swollen sore throat
  • Weak abdomen
  • Belching
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Dyspnea
  • Bulging eyes
  • Severe cough
  • Weak, aching feet
  • Skin problems
  • T: Normal
  • C: White or Thin white
  • P: Floating or Floating and big
Treatment Principle
  • Promote perspiration
  • Disseminate Lung Qi
  • Clear Heat
  • Move water
  • Suppress asthma
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Anorexia
  • Sometimes fatigue
  • Nausea/vomiting (occasional)
  • Headaches (side of head)
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Rib pain
  • Achiness
  • Ear infection
  • Hearing difficulty
  • Red eyes
  • Stiff shoulders
  • Throat pain
  • Hip pain
  • T: Normal with bumps or dots on side
  • C: Thin white
  • P: Wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize and release Shao Yang Stage disorders
  • Relieve the Liver
  • Harmonize the Liver and Spleen
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Long standing cold hands and feet that are cold to the touch and feel cold to the patient
  • Maybe lumbago and leg pain
  • Abdominal pain and distention
  • Midline pain
  • Uterine pain
  • Chills
  • Diarrhea
  • Menstrual abdominal pain
  • Maybe chest pain
  • Increased sweating, particularly of the feet
  • Increased salivation
  • Spasm and pain of the limbs
  • Scanty urination
  • Pain at the waist, hips, legs and feet
  • Sciatica
  • Joint pain
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Abdominal Cold
  • Migraine headache
  • Vaginal discharge
  • T: Pale
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and thready (may be almost imperceptible).
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the channels
  • Disperse Cold
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Unblock the Blood vessels
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal pain
  • Tenesmus
  • A burning sensation around the anus
  • Leukorrhea with a reddish discharge
  • Diarrhea containing more blood than pus
  • Thirst with a desire to drink
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Relieve toxicity
  • Cool the Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fever
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Blood Shot eyes
  • Running nose
  • Thirst
  • Restlessness
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Wiry and Rapid or Floating, wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
  • Expel Wind-Heat
  • Clear Heat in the Liver and Spleen
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Redness, swelling and pain of the eye
  • Yellow thick eye discharge
  • Lacrimation
  • Suppuration with severe chills
  • Dry, itchy eyes
  • Aggravated by Heat
  • Photophobia
  • Headache
  • Inflammation
  • Swelling
  • Pain
  • Congestion
  • Fever
  • Sore throat
  • Nasal discharge
  • T: Red tip or
  • C: Thin and yellow or white or
  • P: Superficial and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Expel Wind
  • Clear Heat
  • Detoxify
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Coughing (high and clear sounding)
  • Wheezing
  • Fever
  • Skin that feels hot to the touch
  • Symptoms worse in the late afternoon
  • Dry mouth
  • Little or difficult to expectorate sputum
  • Burning pain in the chest and hypochondrium
  • Yellow sputum
  • Hemoptysis
  • Impatience
  • Irritability
  • Dry, bitter taste in the mouth
  • Conjunctival congestion
  • Dizziness
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Thready and rapid - maybe wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Drain Heat from the Lungs
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Thirst
  • Dry throat
  • Rib pain (doesn't like touch)
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Nausea/vomiting
  • Hypogastric pain and distension
  • T:  Red
  • C:  Yellow
  • P:  Rapid and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Relieve Gall Bladder Heat
  • Pacify The Liver and Gall Bladder
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Aversion to Wind and Cold
  • Facial edema moving to generalized edema
  • Slight fever or fever and chills
  • Thirst
  • Slight but continuous perspiration
  • Sore, heavy limbs
  • Decreased urination
  • Headache
  • Edematous orbits
  • A red, swollen sore throat
  • Belching
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Dyspnea
  • Bulging eyes
  • Severe cough
  • T: Normal
  • C: White or Thin white
  • P: Floating or Floating and big
Treatment Principle
  • Promote perspiration
  • Disseminate Lung Qi
  • Clear Heat
  • Move water
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Red eyes
  • Sore throat
  • Mouth, tongue and lip ulcerations
  • Urinal difficulty
  • Diarrhea
  • Papules
  • Sores
  • Prickly Heat
  • Ocular pain
  • Dark urine
  • Chest pain
  • Hemoptysis
  • Epistaxis
  • Hematemesis
  • Oliguria with dark urine
  • Scanty urine
  • Swelling of the throat
  • Fever
  • Thirst
  • Irritability
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Lassitude due to Summerheat
  • T: Normal
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P; Soggy and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Relieve toxicity
  • Promote urination
  • Eliminate Summerheat
  • TonifY Qi
  • Cool the Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry throat
  • Thirst
  • Hacking cough with scanty sputum
  • Cough with dry or little Phlegm
  • Low grade fever
  • Soft or hoarse voice
  • Low back and legs sore and weak
  • Night sweats
  • Malar flush
  • Afternoon fever
  • Sterility
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Sore and swollen throat
  • Asthma
  • Dry nose and lips
  • Low grade fever
  • Raspy breathing resembling wheezing
  • Five sole heat
  • May be fever
  • Blood flecked Phlegm
  • Irritability
  • Insomnia
  • Steaming bones
  • White complexion
  • Maybe a red face
  • Skinniness
  • Shortness of breath (maybe exertional)
  • Urgent panting
  • Allergies
  • Seminal emission with dreams
  • Diminished urination
  • Feeling miserable and agitated with fever
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Clears the Lungs
  • Improves the condition of the throat
  • Relieves toxicity
  • Cool the Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Cough with copious, dilute, white frothy or lumpy sputum
  • Chest and epigastric congestion
  • Palpitations
  • Headache
  • Pain and full feeling in chest
  • Dyspnea - worse lying down
  • Asthma
  • Throat rattle
  • Maybe anorexia
  • Lassitude
  • Nausea / vomiting
  • Dizziness / vertigo
  • Shortness of breath
  • Wheezing
  • Acute attack of panting with high pitched sound and rapid exhalation
  • Facial edema
  • Weak extremities
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thick, white and greasy or sticky
  • P: Slippery or Soft
Treatment Principle
  • Dry Dampness
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Regulate Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Breast lumps are relatively soft
  • In severe cases the breast may feel tender to the touch
  • feeling of heaviness
  • feeling of oppression of the chest
  • tiredness
  • feeling cold
  • loose stools
  • T: Pale, swollen and wet
  • C: White
  • P: Deep, week and slippery
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Qi
  • Strengthen Yang
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Eliminate Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Recurrent but mild stye
  • Mild redness, swelling and pain in the eyelid
  • A small induration which does not rupture for a long time or ruptures without any healing
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify the Spleen and Stomach Qi
  • Clear latent Heat
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Anorexia
  • Abdominal distention and discomfort
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Epigastric mass
  • Maybe abdominal pain on palpation
  • Yang jaundice (sclera and skin are bright yellow)
  • Dislike of oily foods
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Lassitude
  • Scanty, dark urine
  • Maybe thirst or thirst with no desire to drink
  • Diarrhea with foul smell or
  • Constipation
  • Fever
  • Sweet sticky taste or bitter taste in mouth
  • T: Normal or Thick
  • C: Thick, yellow and greasy (maybe sticky)
  • P: Soft and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Benefit Dampness
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Pain with diarrhea
  • Dysentery
  • Patient feels heavy
  • Patient feels worse after defecation
  • Burning anus
  • Fever
  • Scanty dark urine
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy and yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Remove Dampness
  • and Regulate Qi
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Breast distention
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Irritability
  • Short temper
  • Restlessness
  • Fever or tidal fever
  • Red eyes
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Palpitations
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Difficult urination
  • Painful urination
  • Increased menstrual flow
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Early menstruation
  • Aching in limbs
  • Dizziness
  • Mental instability
  • Red face
  • Thirst
  • Turbid urine
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Red cheeks
  • Wheezing
  • Nervousness
  • Headache
  • Red eyes
  • Dry mouth
  • Anorexia
  • Infertility
  • Abdominal pain
  • Spontaneous sweating or night sweats with fever
  • Anxiety
  • Dry eyes
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Anorexia
  • Somnolence
  • Insomnia
  • Aching shoulders
  • Five sole Heat
  • Earache
  • Premenstrual tension
  • Hot flashes
  • Fatigue
  • Lassitude
  • Depression
  • Restlessness
  • Constipation with flushing up
  • Pale complexion
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Vertigo
  • Abdominal distention near the umbilicus
  • Epistaxis
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Heaviness in the lower abdomen
  • T:Red or Red edges
  • C: Thin and yellow
  • P: Thready, rapid and wiry or Wiry and tight and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Soothe the Liver
  • Clear Heat
  • Cool the Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Severe, splitting headaches with dizziness
  • Sudden tinnitus or deafness
  • Flushed face
  • Red, swollen, painful eyes
  • Copious eye secretion
  • Irascibility with violent angry outbursts
  • Dry mouth
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Thirst
  • Vomiting sour or bitter liquid
  • Insomnia
  • Dizziness
  • Restlessness
  • Constipation or dry stools
  • Maybe rib pain
  • T: Red tip and edges or Red
  • C: Thick, yellow, dry and rough or
  • P: Wiry, Excess and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear the Liver
  • Purge Fire
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Coughing fits with hemoptysis
  • Burning pain in chest and sides
  • Dizziness
  • Face and eyes red
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Dry lips
  • Short-tempered
  • Irascibility
  • Restlessness
  • Maybe dark urine
  • Maybe constipation
  • T: Red
  • C: Thin, yellow and dry
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Liver Fire
  • Purge the Lungs
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Continuous cramping pain in the abdomen
  • Pain is not severe
  • Pain is relieved by pressure
  • Edema of the feet
  • Urinary difficulty
  • Slight edema (primarily of the lower limbs)
  • Symptoms generally occur during pregnancy
  • Pale face
  • Fatigue
  • Heaviness of head
  • Lassitude
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Lumbago
  • Edema
  • Abdominal pain with edema during pregnancy due to Blood Deficiency and abnormal water circulation
  • Oliguria
  • Palpitations
  • Cold feet
  • Extreme coldness of the hands and feet
  • Vertigo
  • Weakness and numbness of lower back and legs during pregnancy or postpartum
  • Mal position of the fetus
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Right upper quadrant pain
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Anemia
  • Lack of energy
  • Sore back
  • Thirst with no desire to drink
  • T: Pale or pink maybe petechiae on margin
  • C: Thin or Greasy white
  • P: Deep and weak or Soft, floating, small and slow or Wiry and small or Wiry and rough
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Liver Blood
  • Soften the Liver
  • Spread Liver Qi
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Resolve Dampness
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry eyes
  • Diminished visual acuity
  • Photophobia
  • Tearing when exposed to Wind
  • Painful eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Lower back pain
  • Weakness of the lower back, knees and extremities
  • Spontaneous and nocturnal emissions
  • Light-headedness
  • Vertigo
  • Tinnitus
  • Diminished hearing
  • Five sole heat
  • Chronic dry, sore throat
  • Toothache
  • Wasting and thirsting disorder / Xiao Ke
  • Decreased libido
  • Dizziness
  • Muscular weakness
  • Dry skin
  • Deafness
  • Steaming bones
  • Tidal fevers
  • Loose teeth
  • Dripping urine
  • Thirst
  • Dry tongue
  • Numbness and weakness at the waist and knees
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Heel pain
  • Knee pain
  • Night sweats
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Enrich Yin
  • Nourish the essence of the Liver and Kidneys
  • Enrich the Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Enlarged pupils
  • Blurred vision
  • Photophobia
  • Excessive tearing
  • Lightheadedness
  • Vertigo
  • Dry eyes
  • Irritation of the eyes
  • Photophobia
  • Poor vision
  • Red eyes
  • Dizziness
  • Glare
  • Insomnia
  • Night sweating
  • Pain in the lower back
  • Weakness of lower back
  • T: Red-tipped (may be trembling)
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Rapid and Empty
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Descend Liver Yang
  • Dispel Internal Wind
  • Brighten the eyes
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Noxious swellings
  • Abscesses
  • Flat abscesses
  • Red face
  • Chest pain
  • Ulceration of the tumor
  • Maybe a bloody secretion
  • Foul odor
  • Short urine
  • T: Reddish purple
  • C: Little or Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Flooding or Tight or Thin
Treatment Principle
  • Move Qi
  • Invigorate the Blood
  • Break up Stasis
  • Clear Heat
  • Resolve toxicity
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Red, itchy eyes
  • Red pimples on face, neck, armpits and external genitalia
  • Earache
  • Swelling, inflammation and infection of the ears and nose
  • Abdominal rigidity
  • Constipation
  • Dark brown discoloration of the skin
  • Perspiration and an oiling feeling on the palms and soles
  • Abdominal tension
  • Rhinitis
  • T: Deep red, dry or purple red
    C: None
    P:  Rapid or thready and rapid or thready and feeble or Tight
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Wind
  • Disperse Stagnation
  • Clear Heat
  • Remove Toxins
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal pain
  • Constipation
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Chills
  • Low-grade fever
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Pain in the armpits
  • Unilateral pain in the abdomen and hypochondrium
  • Stiffness and spasms beside and below the umbilicus
  • Pain in the waist and legs
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy and white
  • P: Deep, tight and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Warm the Interior
  • Disperse Cold
  • Unblock the bowels
  • Alleviate pain
Herb Formulas
Points
  • General points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness
  • Red, sore eyes
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Nasal congestion
  • Thick, sticky nasal discharge and saliva
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Dry mouth
  • Focal distention in the chest and diaphragm
  • Stifling sensation in the chest and diaphragm
  • Manic behavior
  • Carbuncles
  • Heat rash
  • Headache
  • Sore throat
  • Skin ruptures or ulcers
  • Tense abdomen
  • Shoulder stiffness
  • Numb extremities
  • Fatigue
  • Constipation
  • Dysuria with reddish urine
  • Dark, rough urination
  • Obesity
  • Heaviness in the head
  • T: Red
  • C: White or yellow, greasy
  • P: Flooding and rapid or Wiry and slippery or Floating, smooth and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Disperse Wind
  • Release the Exterior
  • Drain Heat
  • Unblock the bowels
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Abdominal distension
  • Poor appetite
  • Edema
  • Chest and hypochondriac distension
  • Dizziness
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Thirst but doesn't wish to drink
  • Maybe no thirst
  • Palpitations
  • Shortness of breath
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thick, slippery
  • P: Slippery and full and maybe wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Eliminate Dampness
  • Resolve Phlegm
Herb Formulas
Points