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Clear-eye blindness
青盲 〔青盲〕qīng máng
Gradual blindness that in severe cases can be total. It is attributable to insufficiency of the liver and kidney and depletion of essence-blood, combined with spleen-stomach vacuity preventing essential qì from reaching up to the eyes.
Biomedical correspondence: optic atrophy.
Medicinal therapy: Enrich the liver and kidney; replenish essence and supplement the marrow; open the orifices and brighten the eyes. Formulas include
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on BL, ST, and back transport points, selecting
Etymology
Chin 青 qīng, green-blue; 盲 máng, blind. Note that in the Chinese term, the character qīng, green-blue, also has the meaning of black or any dark color. It appears to be used here to suggest blindness without any white or other pale-colored eye screen; hence it is rendered more clearly in English as clear-eye.