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專論與專訪
名
醫專訪
馮廣泉
（本刊主編）
Fung Kwong Chuen
EXPOUNDING TCM EYE
SPECIALIST
CHARACTERISTICS: AN
INTERVIEWWITH A TCM
EYE SPECIALIST, PROF.
LIU HUAI-DONG
Ophthalmology has been a well
established specialty in the history
of traditional Chinese medicine -
classic volumes, e.g., Pharmaco-
poeia of Chinese Herbal Medicine of
Li Shi-zhen, had specialty coverages
of eye diseases. A combination of
herbs and acupuncture had been the
practice, e.g., for squint, optic nerve
degeneration, diabetic retinopathy
(diabetic retinal disease), retinal
venous thrombosis (clots in retinal
veins). Prof Liu believes in combined
TCM andWestern medicine, e.g., for
treatment of acute glaucoma, the use
of herbs and acupuncture is supple-
mented by mannitol intravenous in-
fusion and 1% pilocarpine eye drops
to relieve the high pressure inside the
eyeball and the optic nerve thus
preserved. For fundal hemorrhages
(bleeds within the retina), as Prof Liu
believes that laser therapy is
destructive, he claims that, by using
herbs to promote clot absorption, lo-
cal lack of oxygen is corrected, new
blood vessel formation can thus be
prevented. He claims his method is
even better than the current standard
treatment by laser. To support the
purchase of modern equipment, Mr
Chou Wen Hsien, JP, sets a good
example by donating towards Prof
Liu's Institution.
訪：劉教授，一談到患了眼疾，一般人都自然會到西醫眼專科求
診，因為西醫眼專科檢查設備較先進，治療效果快，所以很
少人會首先向中醫求助，因為一般人對中醫眼科了解不多，
其實據我所知，中醫眼科具有悠久歷史，是否請你講述它的
歷史及興衰往事？
劉：
中醫眼科确實源遠流長，它的發展經歷了幾個不同時期，從
萌芽時期（在南北朝以前）說起，南北朝以前尚沒有系統的眼
科學專著，但隨著人們對眼及眼病認識的深入，眼科的構建
已初見端倪。早期非醫學史料已有散在的眼及眼病的記述，
最早的記載眼及眼病的文字資料可追溯到西元前13-西元前14
世紀的殷朝武丁時代，河南安陽殷墟出土的甲骨文載有“貞王
發揚中醫眼科特色及優勢
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河北省人民醫院中醫眼科主任劉懷棟教授， 1975 年畢
業于河北醫學院中醫學系後，便跟師龐贊襄先生，學習中醫
眼科至今。於 1990 年經人事部、衛生部、國家中醫藥管理
局批准為全國首批 500 名老中醫之一的龐贊襄的學術繼承
人，現任河北省中醫眼科學術帶頭人，河北省中醫眼科學會
主任委員。運用中醫辨證治療“角膜移植術後排異反應”、
“色素膜炎”、“視網膜靜脈阻塞”、“糖尿病視網膜病病變”
、“視神經萎縮”、“視網膜色素變性”、“黃斑變性”等
眼科疾病都有著良好的臨床療效，發揚了中醫眼科的特色優
勢，目前有大量在全國各地，經西醫眼科久治不愈的患者，
來河北省人民醫院中醫眼科就醫，蜚聲海內外。編者有幸遠
赴石家庄，為該院中醫眼科主任劉懷棟教授作專訪，並誠意
為讀者作推介。
