Yáng reversal

1. From Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, bìng néng lùn). A disease characterized by bursts of manic anger due to sudden stimulus.

Medicinal therapy: Use Iron Flakes Beverage (生铁落饮 shēng tiě luò yǐn). See mania.

2. Reversal counterflow of yáng qì in the foot lesser yáng (shào yáng) gallbladder channel. The Magic Pivot (灵枢 líng shū, jīng mài) states, The gallbladder foot lesser yáng (shào yáng) vessel, when stirred [becomes affected by] disease [characterized by] bitter taste in the mouth, frequent sighing, heart and rib-side pain causing inability to turn over, and, in severe cases, a faint dusty complexion, general lack of sheen, and heat abnormally felt on the outside of the feet (under normal conditions, the sole is hotter than the dorsum of the foot). This is yáng reversal.

3. Heat reversal due extreme yáng. See heat reversal.