Syndrome differentiation and treatment
The treatment of the disease, in principle, is to remove, with the pus being immature, heat and swelling so as to relieve or dissipate pus while, with the pus being mature, the treatment should be to accelerate the pus to rupture itself or excrete it by operation. For patients with the remaining pathogens unrelieved, spleen and stomach being weak, and pathogenic qi invading the eyelid, the principle of the treatment is to remove the remaining pathogens, strengthen spleen and nourish qi.

1. Syndrome of pathogenic wind-heat Invasion of Eyelid
Main Symptoms and Signs: Local slight redness, swelling and itching of the eyelid with a palpable induration at the initial stage,  often accompanied by headache and fever; thin yellowish tongue coating and floating-rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Method: Removing pathogenic wind-heat.

2. Syndrome of Pathogenic Heat Invasion of Eye
Main Symptoms and Signs: Local redness, swelling and severe pain in the eyelid,larger palpebral induration with a burning sensation, tender pain and a visible yellow-white pus head, often accompanied with fever, thirst, constipation and yellowish urine; yellowish tongue coating and rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Methods: Removing noxious heat and purging fire.

3. Syndrome of Latent Pathogenic Heat in Spleen and Stomach
Main Symptoms and Signs Mild redness, swelling and pain in the eyelid and a small induration which does not rupture for a long time or ruptures without any heal-ing.
Therapeutic Method; Strengthening healthy qi to eliminate pathogen.

4. Syndrome of Asthenia of Spleen and Stomach
Main Symptoms and Signs: Common attack in children with redness, swelling and mild pain of the eyelid, a small induration and easy recurrence,  accompanied by di complexion, hypodynamia, anorexia and loose stool; pale tongue and thin pulse.
Therapeutic Methods; Strengthening the spleen and nourishing Ling qi with pathogen-removing adjuvants.