High Blood Pressure - hypertension

Liver wind agitating within
- Symptoms- hypertension late in the pregnancy, headache, malar flush, a feeling of heat in the afternoon, tremor of limbs, convulsions, unconsciousness. Tongue: red and peeled. Pulse: rapid, wiry. Often phlegm is combines with this pattern, especially if the client becomes unconscious.

Phlegm- Fire harassing upwards
- Symptoms- hypertension, edema, slight tremor of limbs, mental confusion, unconsciousness, a feeling of oppression of the chest. Tongue: swollen with a sticky coating. Pulse: wiry and slippery

Empty Wind
- Symptoms- slight tremor and twitching of limbs especially if occurring after delivery, dizziness, palpitations, sweating, pale face. Tongue: pale, short. Pulse: fine, scattered. This condition is characterized by severe blood and yin deficiency after delivery which generates empty wind.

Liver Yang Rising
- Symptoms- worry, depression, anger, over excitement, headache vertigo, sudden dizziness, bloodshot eyes, dark scanty urination, red tongue, purple on the sides, tight and slightly rapid pulse

Phlegm
- Symptoms- headache with feeling of strong pressure, major vertigo, dizziness with vision troubles, numbness of lower limbs, bad breath, swollen tongue with yellow sticky coating, tight and slippery pulse

Kidney yin deficiency
- Symptoms- headache, vertigo, dizziness, lower back pain, pale face, dark red tongue, tight and thin pulse

Eclampsia
- Symptoms- hypertension, proteinuria, lower limb edema, dizziness with headaches, nausea, vomiting, frequent urination, shortness of breath, convulsions, fainting, excess of salivation

Blood deficiency causing internal wind
- pregnancy worsens blood deficiency, fainting, convulsions, palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, pale tongue with thin coat, fine and slippery pulse

Liver heat causing wind
- agitation, vertigo, troubled vision, red face and lips, red tongue, wiry pulse

External cold and wind
- headaches, stuffiness of the chest, painful body and limbs, fainting and convulsions, pale tongue, white coating, slippery and tight pulse

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