Apoplexy
Apoplexy is most often due to disturbance of blood circulation in the brain, and includes diseases of the cerebral nervous system caused by cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis, cerebral embolism and hemorrhage of the subarachnoid space, etc. Chief clinical symptoms are hemiplegia, mental disturbance and coma.
In TCM, there are the mild and severe types of apoplexy. Mild apoplexy results from the channels filling with wind, phlegm or a little of both. Symptoms include motor and sensory disturbances of the extremities. The severe type results from the internal organs being affected by wind and/or phlegm and occurs in either the flaccid or tense varieties.
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Flaccid type
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Tense type
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eyes
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eyes closed
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staring eyes
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hands
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relaxed or open
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clenched fists
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mouth
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open mouth
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trismus
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facial color
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pallor
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flushed face
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fluids
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profuse sweating with drops covering forehead and face
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excessive sputum
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breathing
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snoring
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coarse breathing
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lower gates
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incontinence of urine and feces
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retention of urine and feces
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other
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cold, clammy extremities
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Points:
GB 31 Fengshi,
GB 20 Fengchi
Prescription:
Hemiplegia (early stage):
10 - 20 mg of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into GB 31 Fengshi on the affected side.
Hemiplegia (late stage):
100 mg. of Vitamin B, + 50 mg. of nicotinamide into GB 20 Fengchi on the affected side.
Note: it is not known how "mg" (a measurement of weight) could be directly injected without putting this material into a wet medium measured such as "ml" or "cc". The source text does not provide this information.
Source: The Treament of 100 Common Diseases by New Acupuncture, Medicine and Health Publishing Company
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