Dizziness

Question 1

What are the 3 causes of dizziness?

Answer 1

Emotional Strain, Overwork/Excessive Sexual Activity, and Diet

Question 2

Quite severe dizziness, high pitched tinnitus, red face, irritability, outbursts of anger, headache, t: slightly red sides, p: wiry is what syndrome?

Answer 2

Liver Yang Rising

Question 3

Red face, thirst, bitter taste, dry stools, scanty dark urine, t: red, c: dry yellow, p: rapid, full and wiry is what syndrome?

Answer 3

Liver Fire Rising

Question 4

More severe dizziness, vertigo, and loss of balance, t: deviated, p: wiry is what syndrome?

Answer 4

Liver Wind

Question 5

What is the treatment principle for Liver Yang/Fire/Wind?

Answer 5

Subdue LYR, nourish Liver Yin or Blood, nourish Kidney Yin, Drain Liver Fire, and Subdue Liver Wind

Question 6

Phlegm obstructs head and stops bright yang from opening orifices, dizziness, heaviness in body and head, feeling of head full of cotton wool, poor concentration, cloudy thought especially in morning, chest oppression, nausea, poor appetite, sticky taste, t: swollen, c: sticky, p: slippery is what syndrome?

Answer 6

Turbid Phlegm in Head

Question 7

What is the treatment principle for Turbid Phlegm?

Answer 7

Dry damp, resolve phlegm, strengthen spleen, and harmonise stomach

Question 8

Typically affects spleen and heart blood, slight dizziness on change of posture, tiredness, dull face, depression, poor memory, insomnia, palpitations, poor appetite, t: pale and thin, p: choppy or fine is what syndrome?

Answer 8

Qi and Blood Xu

Question 9

What is the treatment principle for Qi and Blood Xu?

Answer 9

Tonify qi, nourish blood and strengthen stomach and spleen

Question 10

Persistent dizziness, sensation of emptiness in brain, low pitched tinnitus, depression, exhaustion, waking during the night, poor memory, achey and weak lower back and knees, t: pale/red and peeled, p: deep and weak/floating and empty is what syndrome?

Answer 10

Kidney Deficiency

Question 11

What is the treatment principle of Kidney Deficiency?

Answer 11

Tonify kidney yang or yin, strengthen essence, and nourish marrow