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| Pattern Names |
| Heart Yin Deficiency Empty Heat • 心阴虚证 • Xīn Yīn Xū Zhèng |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Heart and Small Intestine |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: Red, No coat, Deep midline crack to lips |
Pulse: Thready/Rapid, Floating/Empty |
| Indications: Insomnia • Dream disturbed sleep • Fever in the afternoon or evenings • Dry throat • Dry skin • Dry eyes • Mental restlessness • 5 Sole heat • Night sweating • Bloody cough • Anxiety • Palpitations • Vertigo |
| Keywords |
| palpitations • 5 soles heat • insomnia • dryness |
| Treatment |
| Nourish HT Yin • Calm shen • Clear empty heat • Moisten dryness |
| Acupuncture |
| GENERAL: PC 6, BL 15, BL 52, RN 14, KD 3, KD 6, An Mian, HT 7, SP 6 [Maciocia] • Maciocia -K3 + HT6,DU14,KD7 [Qiao] • PALPITATIONS: +REN17 [Qiao] • INSOMNIA: +An Mian[Qiao] • FATIGUE: +ST36, REN4, REN6 |
| Herb |
| Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan [Maciocia] • Huang Lian E Jiao Tang, Bu Xin Tang [Qiao] • PALPITATIONS/INSOMNIA: Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan [Qiao] • FATIGUE: Sheng Mai San [Qiao] |
| Etiology |
| excess chronic over worry, excess pensiveness consumes blood and yin fluids • high fever • chronic illness • aging |
