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Dizziness
眩晕 〔眩暈〕 xuàn yūn
Visual distortion with a whirling sensation in the head that, in severe cases, can upset the sense of balance. In some literature, flowery vision causing dizziness is known as dizzy vision,
whereas dizziness giving rise to flowery vision is called dizzy head.
Dizziness can be caused by the six excesses or by internal damage to qì, blood, bowels and viscera, the most common being wind-fire, phlegm-damp, and vacuity of right. See entries listed below.
Dizziness
External Contractions
- Wind dizziness
- Wind-heat dizziness
- Wind-cold dizziness
- Dryness-fire dizziness
- Summerheat-damp dizziness
- Summerheat stroke dizziness
Internal Damage
- Qì vacuity dizziness
- Yáng vacuity dizziness
- Blood vacuity dizziness
- Blood loss dizziness
- Kidney vacuity dizziness
- Qì depression dizziness
- Liver yáng dizziness
- Liver fire dizziness
- Damp phlegm dizziness
- Phlegm-fire dizziness
- Collecting rheum dizziness
- Wind-phlegm dizziness
- Dizziness in pregnancy