1) The Type of Deficiency of Liver-Yin and Kidney-Yin

Main Symptoms and Signs: This disease belongs to early cataract characterized by senile debility, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness of the loins, red tongue with scanty fur or absence of tongue fur, thready and rapid pulse.

Therapeutic Principle: Nourishing the kidney and liver.

Recipe: Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Supplementing the Kidney.

prepared rehmannia root,Chinese yam,dogwood fruit,moutan bark,alisma rhizome,poria,schisandra fruit,Chinese angelica root,sesame seed,mulberry fruit,cassia seed,wolfberry fruit

All the above herbs are to be decocted in water for oral administration.

2. The Type of Deficiency of the Liver-Yin and Dampness of the Spleen.

Main Symptoms and Signs: The disease is manifested as early cataract, plump constitution, mental fatigue and lassitude, swollen lower limbs in the afternoon or in fatigue, pale tongue and feeble pulse.

Therapeutic Principle: Tonifying the liver, reinforcing the spleen and eliminating dampness.

Recipe: Decoction of Four Ingredients and Decoction of Two Old Herbs.

prepared rehmannia root,Chinese angelica root,ligusticum root,white peony root,red tangerine peel,prepared pinellia,licorice root,plantain seed (wrapped in a piece of cloth before decocted with other herbs),areca seed,chrysanthemum flower,pleione rhizome,poria

All the above herbs are to be decocted in water for oral administration.