Classica Sinica Medica

目風 简体 目风

mù fēng

Eye wind · mu feng

Also rendered: Eye wind (this site; mu feng given at the headword) · Wind in the eyes (the plainer rendering)

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Reviewed · 2026-09

At a glance

Pinyin
mù fēng
Simplified
目风
Literal
目風 mù fēng — wind that enters and binds the head, and shows itself in the eyes as cold. Chapter 42 names it immediately after brain wind and gives it one sign: 眼寒.
Shuowen
《說文解字》：目，人眼也。象形。重童子也。「目」讀 mù，**本篇4見**；**「目風」惟此一見**；「眼」讀 yǎn、「寒」讀 hán。**「係」讀 xì**——**「風入係頭」謂風入而係屬於頭**；**「眥」讀 zì**，**上文「至目内眥」之眥同字**。

In brief

Eye wind is the second head wind of chapter 42. Wang Bing explains the anatomy: the greater yang vessel rises from the inner canthus over the forehead and enters the network of the brain, so wind that enters and binds the head shows in the eyes, and the eyes are cold.

Senses in the classical corpus

1
What the graph says 目
人眼也，象形
則爲目風眼寒 — Suwen 42
2
How it arises 風入係頭
風入而係屬於頭
風入係頭 — Suwen 42
3
Why the eyes 足太陽之脉起於目内眥
王冰據太陽之脉以明其路
則爲目風眼寒 — Suwen 42 (Wang Bing)
4
Its one sign 眼寒
目中覺寒，是本篇為目風所立之候
眼寒 — Suwen 42
5
What it is paired with 腦風
一循風府而上，一入係於頭
則爲腦風 — Suwen 42
6
Where it sits in the list 在五藏風之前
先言部位之風，後言藏府之風
則爲目風眼寒 — Suwen 42

Occurrences in the classics

Passages where the term does real work, with the original, pinyin and English on the same line.

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Suwen 42 Suwen 42 · 風論 Read in context →
風氣循風府而上，則爲腦風；風入係頭，則爲目風眼寒。 风气循风府而上，则为脑风；风入系头，则为目风眼寒。
Fēng qì xún fēng fǔ ér shàng, zé wéi nǎo fēng; fēng rù xì tóu, zé wéi mù fēng yǎn hán.
When wind qi follows the wind palace upward, it is brain wind; when wind enters and binds the head, it is eye wind with cold in the eyes.
**「風入係頭，則爲目風眼寒」——「係」讀 xì**；**王冰：「足太陽之脉者，起於目内眥，上額交巔，上入絡腦，還出，故風入係頭則為目風眼寒也」**；**本篇「目」四見**：**「目内眥」「目風眼寒」「診在目下」「目黄」**——**「目黄」見上文熱中之條**。

Compounds built on this term

目風
mù fēng
eye wind
本篇惟此一見
目風眼寒
mù fēng yǎn hán
eye wind with cold in the eyes
目風之全稱
風入係頭
fēng rù xì tóu
wind enters and binds the head
目風之由
目内眥
mù nèi zì
the inner canthus
王冰所據之脉路

How it has been translated

Every rendering below is a decision about which reader is being addressed. There is no neutral option.

This siteeye windtranslated, with mu feng at the headword
Unschuldeye windthe same
Wisemaneye windthe same

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