ansiktsstraumer
Ansiktsstraumer, an archaic Swedish term, literally translates to "face streams" or "face currents." Historically, it referred to the perceived flow of bodily fluids or humors within the face, particularly in relation to health and temperament. The concept was rooted in ancient humoral theory, which posited that an individual's physical and mental state was determined by the balance of four fundamental bodily fluids: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
In the context of ansiktsstraumer, physicians and laypeople believed that disturbances or imbalances in these humors
The understanding and interpretation of ansiktsstraumer were not scientific in the modern sense but rather based