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| Pattern Names |
| Heart and Kidney Yang Deficiency • 心肾阳虚 • Xīn Shèn Yáng Xū |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Complex |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: Ⓣ pale, purple with slippery white coat |
Pulse: deep, weak, slow, thready |
| Indications: "Water overflowing to Heart": Edema in legs and ankles, cold limbs, cold back, abdominal distension, abdominal fullness, lower back pain, scanty urination, dislike cold, palpitations, breathlessness, cold hands, yin edema (below the waist), sexual problems [Maciocia] • Palpitations, edema on
the face and lower extremities, scanty or difficult urination, fear of cold, cold limbs, physical and mental fatigue, sleepiness, dark and dim facial
complexion and purplish lips, pale and purple tongue, a white slippery tongue coating, and a deep, faint and thready pulse[Qiao] |
| Keywords |
| weak, cold, palpitations, edema, cold hands [Maciocia] • Palpitations, edema, plus yang deficiency symptoms [Qiao]
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| Treatment |
| warm/tonify HT&KD Yang |
| Acupuncture |
| PC 6, DU 4, KD 3, BL 15, BL 23, RN 4, RN 6, RN 9, RN 14, SP 9 |
| Herb |
| Shen Qi Wan, Zhen Wu Tang |
| Etiology |
| 1. Kidney yang xu 2. Chronic diseases 3. Lifestyle 4. Cold foods [Maciocia] • The pattern is characterized by an insufficiency of Heart and Kidney yang, and manifests with blood stagnation due to a lack of the Heart yang’s motive force, and dampness accumulation due to the Kidney yang’s weakened function of warming and transforming fluids. – Chronic illness, aging, or overstrain – Heart yang deficient: lack of motive force, slow the
blood movement result palpitation – Kidney yang deficiency: failed qi transformation lead water retention cause edema, difficult urine – Yang deficient: failed to warm up, result cold limbs, desire for warmth [Qiao]
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| Source 1 |
| ⓢ"Water overflowing to Heart": Edema in legs and ankles, cold limbs, cold back, abdominal distension, abdominal fullness, lower back pain, scanty urination, dislike cold, palpitations, breathlessness, cold hands, yin edema (below the waist), sexual problems [Maciocia,33] |
| Source 2 |
| ⓢPalpitations, edema on the face and lower extremities, scanty or difficult urination, fear of cold, cold limbs, physical and mental fatigue, sleepiness, dark and dim facial complexion and purplish lips Ⓣ pale, purple tongue with a white slippery tongue coating Ⓟ deep, faint and thready pulse[Qiao,32] |
