Drooping of the upper eyelid

Drooping of usually one but sometimes two eyelids, in severe cases, causing the patient to hold the head back to see properly. If not congenital, it is attributable to spleen vacuity causing disharmony of the network vessels allowing wind to settle in the eyelid.

Medicinal therapy: Supplement the spleen and boost qì; dispel wind and free the network vessels. Use Center-Supplementing Qì-Boosting Decoction (补中益气汤 bǔ zhōng yì qì tāng) or Ginseng Provisioning-Nourishing Decoction (人参养荣汤 rén shēn yǎng róng tāng) with judicious addition of silkworm (Bombyx Batryticatus, 白僵蚕 bái jiāng cán), scorpion (Scorpio, 全蝎 quán xiē), red peony (Paeoniae Radix Rubra, 赤芍药 chì sháo yào), and cyathula (Cyathulae Radix, 川牛膝 chuān niú xī).

Acumoxatherapy: Needle with supplementation at BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), and ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), and with drainage at BL-1 (Bright Eyes, 睛明 jīng míng), BL-2 (Bamboo Gathering, 攒竹 zǎn zhú), GB-1 (Pupil Bone-Hole, 瞳子髎 tóng zǐ liáo), TB-23 (Silk Bamboo Hole, 丝竹空 sī zhú kōng), GB-15 ((Head) Overlooking Tears, (头)临泣 tóu lín qì), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), and GB-14 (Yáng White, 阳白 yáng bái) joining Fish’s Lumbus (鱼腰 yú yāo).