Green-blue facial complexion

Also green-blue face. A sign of wind-cold, blood stasis, pain, and qì-block patterns. Child fright wind and epilepsy are characterized by a somber green-blue complexion. A grayish green-blue complexion with green-blue or purple lips is associated with internal blood stasis and impaired flow of qì and blood, and occurs in diseases classified in Western medicine as cirrhosis of the liver and cardiac failure. In severe wind-cold headaches and abdominal pain due to interior cold, impeded flow of yáng qì may be reflected in a bluish somber-white complexion. In cases of blocked lung qì, a dark green-blue or purple complexion may result from obstructed flow of blood and qì. This corresponds to conditions such as pulmogenic heart diseases and asphyxia in Western medicine.