Epilepsy (Seizures) can take on many different forms, and seizures affect different people in different ways. Anything that the brain does normally can also occur during a seizure when the brain is activated by seizure discharges. Some people call this activity "electrical storms" in the brain. Epilepsy have a beginning, middle, and end. Not all parts of a seizure may be visible or easy to separate from each other.

Symptoms and Signs of Epilepsy in TCM:
1. Obstruction of Wind-phlegm
Chief Manifestations: Falling down suddenly, unconsciousness, convulsions, upward staring, clenched jaws, spitting foamy saliva, and screaming during the attack, dizziness, chest distress and lassitude before the attack, white greasy tongue coating, and wiry and smooth pulse.

2. Excessive Internal Phlegm-fire
Chief Manifestations: Falling down suddenly, unconsciousness, convulsions, splitting foamy saliva and screaming during the attack, impatience, restlessness, insomnia, bitter and dry mouth, difficult expectoration of sputum, constipation, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, and wiry, smooth and rapid pulse during the remission.

3. Internal Blockage by Blood Stasis   
Chief Manifestations: Suddenly falling down, unconsciousness, convulsions, or possible muscle contractions of mouth, eyes and limbs, and purple complexion and lips during the attack; dizziness, localized headache, dark red tongue with occasional ecchymosis, thin and white tongue coating, and unsmooth pulse during the remission. These manifestations are usually secondary to craniocerebral injury, birth trauma and intracranial infection.

4. Deficiency of the Heart and Kidney
Chief Manifestations: Frequent recurrence, palpitation, amnesia, dizziness, soreness and weakness in the lumbar region and knees, lassitude, thin tongue coating, and thready and weak pulse.

5. Deficiency of Liver Yin and Kidney Yin
Chief Manifestations: Frequent recurrence, absent-mindedness, dizziness, dry eyes, dark complexion, dry and lusterless helix, amnesia, insomnia, soreness and weakness in the lumbar region and knees, dry and hard stool, red tongue, and thready, rapid pulse.