Aversion to light

Also photophobia; aversion to lights and fire. Abnormal insensitivity to or intolerance of light—and sometimes also of warmth (aversion to lights and fire)—causing a desire to close the eyes. Aversion to light, in addition to being experienced after prolonged deprivation of light and during resuscitation after drowning, is observed in some eye diseases. In wind-cold fettering the exterior, aversion is associated with red sore eyes, copious thick discharge, distension in the brow, and nasal congestion and runny nose. In qì vacuity with wind-heat, it is associated with soreness of the eyes, and tension in the canthi, tearing on exposure to wind, and flowery vision. In dual vacuity of qì and yīn, it is associated with flowery vision, tendency to close the eyes, slight redness of the whites of the eyes, dizziness and tinnitus, dry throat, sloppy stool, and fear of cold in the lower limbs. In this context, it is specifically observed, for example, in gān of the liver.