» conventional diagnoses: hypertension; stroke
» etiology: chronic Liver Yin Xu (Deficiency) which allows Liver Yang Rising upward and consequent generation of Liver Wind. Liver Yin Xu (Deficiency) usually due to sustained excessive physical exertion, exercise or sexual activity; in women might also derive from chronic Liver Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency). Ascending Liver Yang usually derives from continuous state of anger, resentment, frustration or other unresolved emotional factors (Maciocia, p. 222)
signs and symptoms
signs and syptoms:
sudden unconsciousness
dizziness
convulsions
deviation of eye and mouth
hemiplegia
aphasia or difficult/slurred speech
» pulse: wiry and rapid.
» tongue: red, peeled, deviated, quivering.
course and prognosis
» principle of treatment: nourish Liver Yin; subdue Liver Yang and Wind
differential diagnosis
footnotes