Syndrome differentiation and treatment
The onset of the disease often begins suddenly and violently and must be treated instantly. In clinic, the disease is classified into the syndromes of ocular invasion of pathogenic wind and heat, excess of toxic heat, and asthenia of healthy qi and retention of pathogenic qi. In principle, the treatment methods of the disease should be: In the cases of the pus being immature to dispel and resolve the pathogenic factors mainly with internal therapies, in the cases of the invasion of pathogenic wind and heat at the initial stage to subdue swelling and mass by expelling wind and heat, in the cases of excess of toxic heat to remove blood stasis and swelling through clearing away toxic heat, and in the cases of pathogenic qi superior to health qi causing the stagnation of pathogenic qi to increase healthy qi and remove pathogenic factors with the toxin eliminating manipulation. Sometimes external methods may be applied as the accessory treatment.

1. Syndrome of Ocular Invasion of Pathogenic Wind and Heat
Main Symptoms and Signs: Redness, swelling and pain of the affected part with projection, profuse tears, headache, aversion to cold and fever; thin yellowish
tongue coating and floating rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Method: Dispelling pathogenic wind and heat to remove swelling and mass.

2. Syndrome of Excess of Toxic Heat
Main Symptoms and Signs: Redness, swelling and unbearable pain of the affected part with hard tender projection which spreads along the lid and down the cheek, feverish body, vexation, thirst, preferring to drink and constipation; reddish tongue with dry yellowish coating and full rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Method: Removing toxic heat to resolve swelling and mass.

3. Syndrome of Asthenia of Health Qi and Retention of Pathogenic Qi
Main Symptoms and Signs: Frequent onsets of the affected part with slight redness and swelling, a little tenderness, no diabrosis or diabrosis difficult to heal, small amount of pus which is constantly flowing, a whitish pale complexion, mental tiredness and fatigue; pale tongue with thin coating and weak pulse.
Therapeutic Method: Dispelling pathogenic factor with toxin-eliminating manipulation.