Jianjue, the ancient name of a disease, refers to a coma when the real yin is burnt by fire. It may also be caused by a mental trauma or excessive heart blood. Symptoms include deafness, blindness, and sudden collapse. Baojue, the ancient name of a disease, describes fury which may cause qi and blood to move backward. Main symptoms are headache and coma.
1. When you are extremely tired, the yang qi in your body will become tense, causing the yin energy to drain.
2. If this happens very often, in summer, with the hot weather, one will suffer from jianjue.
3. Main symptoms are blurring of the eyes and deafness. It is very dangerous.
4. It is devastating, like a dam burst by a flood.
5. Fury can cause yang qi in the body to become disorderly. Hence channels and collaterals will be blocked and blood will be limited to the upper part
of the body, resulting in a coma called baojue.
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