Hypertensive encephalopathy according to Chinese Medicine

In Chinese Medicine, hypertensive encephalopathy is sometimes associated with Liver Wind agitating Internally due to Liver Yang Rising, a so-called "patterns of disharmony". Chinese Medicine sees the body as a system, not a sum of isolated parts. A "pattern" is when the system's harmony is disrupted. It is not equivalent to the Western concept of "disease" because both concepts arise from totally different ways of seeing the human body.

To understand whether someone's hypertensive encephalopathy might be caused by the pattern Liver Wind agitating Internally due to Liver Yang Rising, one needs to look for signs and symptoms associated with the pattern beyond what one might typically experience from hypertensive encephalopathy alone. Indeed if hypertensive encephalopathy is caused by Liver Wind agitating Internally due to Liver Yang Rising, patients also experience symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, vertigo and tinnitus. Similarly, patients with Liver Wind agitating Internally due to Liver Yang Rising typically exhibit rapid (Shu) or wiry (Xian) pulses as well as a red tongue.

We've listed below a more detailed description of Liver Wind agitating Internally due to Liver Yang Rising so that you can have a better understanding of where hypertensive encephalopathy might find its root according to Chinese Medicine.

Once identified, patterns are often treated using herbal formulas. Drinking herbal infusions is the most common remedy in Chinese Medicine, together with acupuncture. Here we detail below two formulas that can help treat Liver Wind agitating Internally due to Liver Yang Rising.

Liver Wind agitating Internally due to Liver Yang Rising, a "pattern of disharmony" associated with hypertensive encephalopathy

The two herbal formulas that might help with hypertensive encephalopathy