title: [On Annotation on the Names and Syndromes of Ancient Diseases, with textual research on"dian (depressive psychosis)","kuang (manic psychosis)", and"xian (epilepsy)"].
abstract: The book Gu dai ji bing ming hou shu yi (Annotation on the Names and Syndromes of Ancient Diseases) written by Yu Yunxiu holds that dian can be divided into two conditions, namely, epilepsy and manic psychosis. By analysis on related materials in ancient lexicographical works, ancient medical books and other ancient books, it reveals that dian and kuang are two very different diseases, but dian and xian refer to the same conditions. Dian was the special name of a disease, while xian was a stage of syndrome of that disease with typical symptoms. Dian and xian might also refer to two different types of that disease. Dian always refers to epilepsy from its very beginning besides cephalopathy, including both mental symptom and physical symptom.
authors.affiliation: School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001877:Books; D002681:China; D003863:Depression; D004827:Epilepsy; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D011618:Psychotic Disorders; D013577:Syndrome