Differentiation and treatment of ocular diseases in italicCompendium of Materia Medica /italic（本草纲目） with applications of medicinal and food homology

Key Points

• The study aims to explore the treatment and differentiation of ocular diseases based on the principles outlined in the Compendium of Materia Medica.
• Review of historical medical texts focusing on ocular diseases
• Analysis of treatment approaches combining medicinal herbs and dietary practices
• Investigation of external and internal treatment methods for eye diseases
• Identified holistic treatment strategies integrating both medicinal and food sources.
• Highlighted the importance of external treatments alongside internal remedies.
• Proposed potential applications of food-medicine homology in modern ophthalmology.