Dynasty | Author | Book | Description | Probable seizure type and epileptic syndrome |
Sui [16] | Chao Yuanfang | Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun | When the baby is in his mother’s uterus, a cold wind intrudes into the mother’s uterus, and harms the baby’s Zang and Fu. When the baby is born, pathogenic factors remain in the baby’s abdomen. The pathogenic factors and vital qi struggle together in the baby’s abdomen, and thus the baby stretches its body, breathes hard and cries out. | Panayiotopoulos syndrome |
Ming [18] | Wanquan | You Ke Fa Hui | The patients who are sick from Nei Diao originated from the cold, intruding Gan, which further contributes to abdominal pain and crying out. The two eyes look forward steadily, but there is no tonic convulsion. | Panayiotopoulos syndrome |
Ming [17] | Wang Kentang | Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng | The patient suddenly sees a ghost-like subject, and smells an awful odor, falling to the ground with both fists clenched. The limbs become cold, and then the patient becomes unconscious. | complex-partial seizure that originated from temporal lobe epilepsy(TLE) |
Ming [19] | Fangxian | Qi Xiao Liang Fang | Epilepsy caused by terror: one or two eyes are disabled. The patient cannot see things clearly or cannot see anything, or there is writhing, or a twisted mouth, or a shaking head. | Absence seizure |
Qing [19] | Shen Jin’ao | Shen Shi Zun Sheng Shu | During the epileptic attacks, the patient makes unusual noises, and froths at the mouth. When the patient is about to awaken, the epileptic attacks begin again, and the cycle occurs again and again and never stops... | status epilepticus |
Sui [20] | Chao Yuanfang | Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun | The high temperature persists, babies get acute infantile convulsion or seizure when is serious | febrile seizure |
Sui [20] | Chao Yuanfang | Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun | Shaking head, playing with the tongue, or tonic convulsion when sleeping, along with gritted teeth | benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes |