Explore on treatment of eye disease by the Pang’s radix stellariae / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Pang Zanxiang was a famous ophthalmologist of Chinese medicine. Based on his family experience and combined with his clinical practice, he has written the book Clinical practice of ophthalmology in traditional Chinese medicine. In the book, the theory of stagnation of Qi and blood leading to disease was put forward, and radix stellariae was used most frequently in treating eye disease. From literature interview, we found that pang’s experience of radix stellariae in treating eye disease was its function of replenishing vital essence to improve eyesight.