Reversal pattern

Any condition characterized by a) clouding collapse (fainting) and loss of consciousness and/or b) reversal cold of the limbs (marked cold in the extremities). Reversal patterns occur in the follow circumstances.

1. They occur in patients usually suffering from effulgent liver yáng or dietary irregularities when mental stimulus or acute pain causes counterflow and derangement of qì dynamic. The blood moves counterflow with the qì or phlegm rises with the qì, causing clouding of the heart spirit.
2. They occur in patients suffering from weak original qì, damage to qì and liquid after enduring illness, or loss of blood, when the supply of qì and blood fails. In reversal patterns, loss of consciousness comes suddenly and is usually temporary. The patient in most cases gradually recovers. Reversal patterns can be divided into ones characterized by loss of consciousness and ones characterized by reversal cold of the extremities. See the entries listed below.

See the entries listed below. Note that all the reversal patterns listed below were mentioned in The Inner Classic (内经 nèi jīng, lùn jué zhèng) except for liver reversal. See reversal.