» conventional diagnoses: hypertension; migraine; otitis; labyrinthitis; acute conjunctivitis; hayfever
» etiology: "transformation of depressed Liver Qi into Fire" (EAMSS, p. 235), i.e., chronic anger (esp. repressed), frustration and/or resentment, which cause Qi to stagnate and implode, giving rise to heat; excessive dietary consumption of alcohol, fried foods and meat (esp. beef and lamb)
signs and symptoms
signs and symptoms:
irritability
impatience
violent anger
dream-disturbed sleep
impairment of hearing, sudden deafness or tinnitus
dizziness
distended sensation in the head
splitting headache, esp. temporal
red face and eyes
epistaxis
dry mouth with bitter taste
vomiting of sour or bitter fluid
hematemesis
hemoptysis
uterine bleeding
constipation with dry stools
dark yellow, scanty urine
» pulse: wiry, rapid and full; often slippery
» tongue: red body, redder on sides, with dry yellow coating
course and prognosis
» principle of treatment: sedate the Liver; disperse Fire; tonify Liver Yin
differential diagnosis
footnotes