Clouding reversal

Sudden loss of consciousness and collapse, sometimes accompanied by reversal cold of the limbs. Clouding reversal is usually of short duration as in various reversal patterns; the patient returns to consciousness without hemiplegia or deviated eyes and mouth as occurs in wind stroke. In rare cases, it continues, as in deathlike reversal. Causes include qì vacuity, blood vacuity, phlegm turbidity harassing the upper body, ascendant liver yáng, summerheat stroke, and tetanic diseases such as child fright wind and epilepsy.

Etymology

Chin 昏 hūn, clouded, hazy; 厥 jué, invert, turn around.