Chalazion

- a granulomatous enlargement of a meibomian gland from a blockage (occlusion) within it's duct causing inflammation of the gland and surrounding tissues.

The Beginning stages of a Chalazion may not be distinguishable with a Stye!

Symptoms of a Chalazion includes lid edema, swelling and irritation which resolves leaving a painless slowly growing mass in the eye lid.

In Chinese Medicine a Chalazion relates to damp heat in the spleen and stomach with phlegm blocking the meridians and collaterals.

Principle of Treatment:

Eliminate phlegm and dissolve hardness Herbal Formula:

Su Zi Jiang Qi Tang

With fire symptoms Herbal Formula:

Yin Qiao San + Huang Lian Jie Du Tang

External applications of moist hot herbal compress's will aid recovery