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| Pattern Names |
| Heart Fire • 心火亢盛 • Xīn Huǒ Kàng Shèng |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Heart |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: red, red prickles, yellow coat, midline crack to lips, sores |
Pulse: rapid, hasty |
| Indications: Mental restlessness, Vexation, Insomnia, Dream disturbed sleep, Red face, Thirst w/ desire to drink cold water, Ulceration and pain of mouth and tongue, Heat sensation in chest, Dark urine, Bloody urine, Hesitant painful urination if severe, Bitter taste after poor sleep [Maciocia] • Vexation and hot sensation in chest, irritability, agitated, insomnia, flushed face, thirst and preference of drinking water, yellow urine, dry stool, deep red tongue tip, or tongue ulcers, rapid and forceful pulse. Or manic behavior, delirium, or even hemtemesis, nose bleeding [Qiao] •
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| Keywords |
| Palpitation, vexation, ulcers, dark urine, painful urination, Lin syndrome [Maciocia] • insomnia, irritability, vexation, manic behaviors, red tongue tip or tongue ulcers, normal mental behaviors compared to HT Phlegm Fire[Qiao]
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| Treatment |
| Clear Heart fire, Calm shen |
| Acupuncture |
| LI 4, LI 11, DU 14, RN 3, HT 7 |
| Herb |
| Xie Xin Tang • Qing Xin Tang • Dao Chi San
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| Etiology |
| 1) Prolonged mental depression 2) Long term pathogen invasion [Maciocia] • Excessive fire in the heart [Qiao] |
| Notes |
| Key differences: Heart fire - issues on the tongue and bitter taste in the morning, chest. Liver fire - eye problems, bitter taste the whole day, hypochondriac. Stomach Fire - gum swelling, epigastric ares. 3 kinds of thirst: Excess fire-drink lots of cold water at once; Yin Deficiency heat - sip little water; Damp-heat - thirst but no desire to drink. [35] |
