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Sedates the Liver and extinguishes Wind

Liver Yang, or Liver Fire, turning into Wind that stirs internally, with Qi and Blood rushing up to the head Vertigo and dizziness, tinnitus, and eyes that feel distended or look swollen Headache with heat or pain felt inside the head; Jue Yin Heat-type headache Face flushed red as though drunk; irritability with vexing Heat in the Heart; insomnia Frequent belching or hiccups Tremors, spasms and stiff or restricted movement of the limbs

Nourishes Yin and anchors Yang

Liver and Kidney Yin too weak to hold rising Liver Yang, from a milder chronic picture up to the threshold of Wind-stroke Signs of impending or past Wind-stroke: a limb that is heavy or numb, slurred speech, the face or mouth and eyes pulling to one side, and motor function that worsens over hours or days Sudden collapse, or consciousness that gradually clouds, with lucid spells and incomplete recovery afterwards Tongue red, often with scant, dry or yellow coat; pulse wiry, long and forceful

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Essential hypertension Renal hypertension Hypertensive encephalopathy Apoplectiform hypertension Stroke (apoplexy) Cerebral thrombosis Cerebral hemorrhage Transient ischemic attack Cerebral arteriosclerosis Arteriosclerotic heart disease Aphasia Apraxia Dysphagia Facial paralysis Paralysis Numbness and paresthesia Unsteady gait Cerebellar ataxia Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Epilepsy Concussion Headache, including migraine and vascular headache Trigeminal neuralgia Temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ) Dizziness and vertigo Tinnitus Ear pain Otitis media Otorrhea Glaucoma Swollen eyes Hiccups Chloasma (melasma) Premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual nervousness Menopausal syndrome Postpartum fever Stress Hyperthyroidism Pheochromocytoma (chromaffinoma) Kidney failure Chronic leukemia AIDS huai niu xi Zhe Shi (Duan) long gu mu li gui ban xuan shen tian men dong Bai Shao yin chen hao chuan lian zi mai ya gan cao