Dizziness

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Note: Maciocia uses the term " Full " instead of " Excess " , and " Empty "

instead of " Deficiency " .

 

" Dizziness

 

" Dizziness can be due to four factors which can be summarized as:

Wind, Fire, Phlegm, Deficiency.

 

" The main way to distinguish the various types of dizziness is by

integration with the accompanying symptoms and signs. " (Do the other

symptoms point to Wind, Fire, Phlegm, or Deficiency?)

 

" Severe giddiness when evertying seems to sway and the person loses

the balance is usually due to internal Wind.

 

" Slight dizziness accompanied by a feeling of heaviness and muzziness

of the head indicates Phlegm obstructing the head and preventing the

clear Yang from ascending to the head.

 

" Slight dizziness aggravated when tired, indicates Qi deficiency.

 

" A sudden onset of dizziness points to a Full pattern. A gradual

onset points to an Empty pattern. " (Giovanni Maciocia, The

Foundations of , p. 156.)

 

These are general notes on the most common Roots of dizziness.

 

In the case of Liver Yang Rising Causing Wind, Liver Yang Rising is a

mixed Excess and Deficiency problem. The Liver Yang Rising part is

Excess, but Liver Yang can only rise when Liver Yin is Deficient.

 

Phlegm is classified as an Excess problem because any Phlegm is too

much.

 

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