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Dizziness and Panic in China: Associated Sensations of Zang Fu Organ Disequilibrium

Park, Lawrence, Hinton, Devon·2002·Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
DOI 10.1023/a:1016341425842
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In China, distress is commonly experienced as dizziness that can develop into acute episodes resembling Western panic attacks. These distressing sensations occur in a unique cultural context with a distinctive set of associated symptoms, beliefs and purported etiologies. The experience of illness is informed by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an indigenous theory that elaborates a system of organ functioning called zang fi. Depending on the implicated zang fi organ disequilibrium, dizziness and panic present with a specific constellation of associated physical and mental symptoms. This paper presents a clinical survey of psychiatric disorders that demonstrates dizziness to be characteristic of Chinese anxiety states, most particularly panic. Three specific cases of dizziness-focused panic ascribed to different states of zangfu disequilibrium are described. In a typical pattern, initial dizziness and associated symptoms intensify until they generalize into panic attacks. The degree of dizziness and panic corresponds to the state of disequilibrium of the zang fu organ system as well as instability of the social, interpersonal and environmental context of the patient. This paper elucidates the dynamic interpretants of dizziness in the Chinese context to contribute to a medical anthropology of this sensation.

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Authors
Park, L., & Hinton, D.
Affiliations
Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
ORCID
Park, Lawrence
Venue
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2002-06
Volume
26
Issue
2
Pages
225-257
ISSN
  • 0165-005X (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-076X
DOI
10.1023/a:1016341425842
OpenAlex
W1719607851
Cited by
33
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
6.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Culture Medicine and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords
dizziness, panic attacks, traditional Chinese medicine, medical anthropology, illness beliefs, social instability
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety, Attitude to Health, China, Culture, Dizziness, Female, Hospitals, Psychiatric, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Medicine, Chinese Traditional, Middle Aged, Psychiatry, Sensation, Sociology, Medical, Somatoform Disorders, Comorbidity, Panic Disorder

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