12.    Syncope (Jue zheng)

Definition
1. loss of consciousness
2. coolness of fingertip and toes

Relevant diseases of western medicine
1. Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
2. Hypoglycemia
3. Hysterical syncope
3. Shock
4. Encephalopathy

Etiology & pathogenesis 
1. Qi
2. blood
3. phlegm

Differential diagnosis
1. Stroke
2. Epilepsy

Classification & treatment
1. Excess qi syncope
      Wu mo yin zi
Wu yao---
Chen xiang, Zhi shi, Bing lang, Mu xiang---

      CV 26 Ren zhong  LR 3 Tai chong

2. Deficient qi syncope
Si ni jia ren shen tang
Ren shen---
Fu zi, Ga jiang---
Zhi gan cao---

CV 26 Ren zhong  PC 6 Nie guan  CV 6 Qi hai

3. Excess blood syncope
Tong yu tang
Dang gui wei, Hong hua, Shan zha---
Qing pi, Wu yao, Mu xiang, Xiang fu---
Ze xie---

Ren zhong  PC 6 Nie guan  KI 1 Yong quan

4. Deficient blood syncope
(A). Du shen tang  
Ren shen---

(B). Renshen yang yin tang
Ren shen, Huang qi---
Dang gui, Shu di huang---
Bai shao, Wu wei zi---

CV 26 Ren zhong  PC 6 Nie guan  CV 6 Qi hai  ST 36 zu san li

5. Phlegm syncope
Dao tan tang
Ban xia, Tian nan xing, Fu ling---
Chen pi, Zhi shi---

CV 26 Ren zhong  PC 6 Nie guan  ST 36 Feng long 

Personal clinical experience