Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

There are four main patterns causing dizziness:

EXCESS TYPE

Liver-Yang, Liver-Fire or Liver-Wind rising

Turbid Phlegm in the head

DEFICIENCY TYPE

Qi and Blood Deficiency

Kidney-Essence Deficiency

Excess Type

Liver-Yang, Liver-Fire or Liver-Wind Rising

Clinical Manifestations

Liver-Yang

Quite severe dizziness, tinnitus, red face, irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger, headache.

Tongue: slightly Red sides.

Pulse: Wiry.

Liver-Fire

Red face, thirst, bitter taste, dry stools, scanty dark urine, Red tongue with dry-yellow coating
and a Rapid-Wiry-Full pulse.

Liver-Wind

More severe dizziness, vertigo and loss of balance, tremors.

Treatment Principle

Subdue Liver-Yang, nourish Liver-Yin or Liver-Blood and Kidney-Yin if

necessary.

Liver-Fire: drain Liver-Fire.