Liver Wind
Liver Wind covers a range of health hazards that occur suddenly and potentially lethally.
When heat rises over a fire it will produce a spinning vortex, or wind. In the body, when Liver Heat rises it also produces a pathogenic Wind. Wind can be erratic, can come and go quickly, and moves from place to place. Tremors or pain that migrates form place to place in the body are all contributed to Internal Wind in Chinese medicine including osteoarthritis which migrates to different joints. Here are some other patterns associated with Internal Wind:
- Parkinson’s disease
- Dizziness
- Stroke
- Vertigo
Liver Wind, also referred as Liver Wind stirring internally, is internal Wind arising from extreme Yin/Yang and Qi/Blood imbalance when excessive depletion of Liver and kidney Yin humor deprives the Liver's Yang Qi of its nourishment and counterbalancing. The result of this is an erratic movement of Liver-Qi manifesting signs characterized by movement or by the absence of it, like for example tremor and convulsions or paralysis.
The main signs are dizziness, headache with a pulling sensation, tensions and stiffness in the neck, tremor, tic, convulsions, paralysis, tingling or numbness in the limbs, seizures, and sudden loss of consciousness.
There are three main causes of Liver- Wind: Extreme Heat with upflaming of Liver-Fire generating Wind, Deficiency of Liver-Yin with raising of Liver-Yang and Deficiency of Liver-Blood.
Side-Flowering Skullcap is especially indicated for liver wind conditions such as spasms, tremors, palsies, nervous tics, restless leg syndrome, and Parkinson’s disease tremors.