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Boiling reversal
煎厥 〔煎厥〕jiān jué
An ancient disease name denoting internal heat that scorches yīn fluids, giving rise to clouding reversal. It arises in patients suffering from depletion of yīn essence and hyperactivity of yáng qì, when they contract summerheat-heat qì. Signs include tinnitus, deafness, blindness, and, in severe cases, sudden clouding reversal.
Biomedical correspondence: cerebrovascular spasm, cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
See reversal pattern and wind stroke.
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