Oogiantheorem: Examining the History of Sci & Med

Here’s a bit of fun amongst multiple essays and test preparation:

This is Foaming Mouth Guy . According to TCM (the old kind), he suffers from Spleen Qi deficiency and yin seizures due to internal wind. Symptoms include excess saliva production, phlegm obstructions to the head resulting in unbalanced Qi, and fainting. These symptoms in the modern version of TCM are said to be caused by large amounts of stress, living in a damp area, over-thinking, and possible head trauma. Poor foaming mouth guy – someone needs to give him some ground oyster shell.

(Foaming Mouth Guy is a character from the popular children’s series “Avatar the Last Airbender”.  I do not own rights to this character, but he sure was fun to analyze.)

TCM = Traditional Chinese Medicine