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Chinese patterns
Liver Wind Stirring
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: hypertension; stroke; epilepsy; trigeminal neuralgia.

» etiology: an unbalanced upstirring of Liver Yang resulting from Liver Yin and/or Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency); Liver Fire Blazing; chronic Liver Qi Stagnation; internalized invasion of Exterior Wind.

signs and symptoms

signs and syptoms:

• headache

• vertigo

• extreme dizziness

• tinnitus

• apoplexy

• tremor; convulsions

• sudden facial paralysis

• stiff and tense neck

• hemiplegia

spasms

• muscular twitching

• tingling or numbness in limbs

» pulse: wiry, rapid

» tongue: red or dark purple; dry coating

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: calms the Liver; nourish Yin; disperse Wind; subdue Yang

differential diagnosis

footnotes