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Clouding sleep

昏睡 〔昏睡〕hūn shuì

Severe hypersomnia; a pronounced drowsiness and a tendency to sleep for excessive periods. It occurs in heat entering the pericardium, whose other signs include generalized heat that is most pronounced at night, a crimson tongue, rapid pulse, and sometimes maculopapular eruptions. Compare clouded spirit.

Etymology

Chinhūn, clouded, hazy; 睡 shuì, sleep.

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