I just chatted with my acupuncturist about this reddening around the eyes, which for me has occurred only recently. He feels it is connected to spleen function. My acupuncture treatments are working to address a spleen deficiency due to an old illness, so that may be why my situation is improving. He said that when bruising or spider veins and this kind of thing are indicated, in tcm or acupuncture they usually look to the spleen.