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| Pattern Names |
| Heart Fire Transmitting to Small Intestine • 心火下移小肠 • Xīn Huǒ Xià Yí Xiǎo Cháng |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Complex |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: deep red, dry |
Pulse: forceful, rapid |
| Indications: Fever that is higher during the night and mild during the day, insomnia, restless, canker sores, dry mouth, thirst and preference for cold drink, scanty dark
urine with burning pain, deep red tongue; and a forceful and rapid pulse [Qiao] |
| Keywords |
| Canker sores, fever, burning and painful urination. – Improper diet, emotional stress – Heart fire flair up lead insomnia, canker sore, restlessness – Heart fire pouring down to small intestine, pathogenic heat disturbs small intestine separating clear from turbid function, result dark, burning and
painful urination [Qiao]
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| Treatment |
| drain fire, restore urinary function |
| Etiology |
| A pattern is characterized by excessive Heart fire that conducts through internal connections and transmits heat into the Small Intestine that manifests with burning and painful urination • Chronic stress/ poor diet/ alcohol ⇢ Qi stagnation ⇢ Heat ⇢ Heart Fire ⇢ ⇠Small Intestine Excess Heat
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| Notes |
| AKA: Heart Fire Pouring Downward |
