Glossary

Zang Zao is an episodic mental disorder most common in women described in the Essentials from the Golden Cabinet by Zhang Zhong-Jing making it similar to the western concept of hysteria described by Hippocrates in 5th Century BC. It says:

A woman with Zang Zao tends to grieve and cry as if she were haunted. She frequently stretches and yawns repeatedly. Gan Mai Da Zao Tang can be used in these cases.

Its pathomechanism is considered to be Blood Deficiency of the Uterus generating Heat and Wind. In modern times it has been equated with depression and PTSD that has damaged the Blood and can applied to either gender.