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Pattern Names

Heart - Phlegm Fire Harassing the Mind • 痰火扰心 • Tán Huǒ Rǎo Xīn

Classification
Category: Zang Fu	Syndrome: Heart

Symptoms
Tongue: red tongue, yellow greasy sticky coat	Pulse: rapid, slippery, forceful
Indications: Mental confusion, Mania, Aggressive behavior, Insomnia, Dream-disturbed sleep, Flushed face, Coarse breathing, Constipation, Dark urine, Fever, Fidgeting, Wheezing, Gurgling sound in throat, Thick yellow sputum, Delirium, Aimless wandering, Palpitations, Thirst [34] • Flushed face, fever, thirst, harsh breathing, fidget, mania, restlessness, slurred speech, delirium, rattling sound in throat, yellow sputum, constipation, dark yellow urine. Insomnia, vexation, incoherent speech, uncontrolled laughing or cry, muttering shouting, manic behavior. Red tongue, greasy yellow coating, a slippery pulse. [32]

Keywords

delirium, palpitation, throat gurgling, thick yellow sputum, red face [Maciocia] • Yang madness plus heat phlegm symptoms and signs [Qiao]

Treatment

drain fire, clear phlegm, calm shen

Acupuncture

DU14, HT7, LI4, LI11, ST40[32] • PC5, HT, HT8, HT9, PC7, REN15, BL15, REN12, ST40, SP6, LV3, LV2, BL20, DU20, GB13, GB15, DU24, Sun Si Miao ghost points [35]

Herb

Huang Lian Wen Dan Tang[32]

Etiology

Notes

Both Phlegm Fire harassing the Heart and Phlegm misting the Mind deal with mental state. Phlegm misting the Mind has NO HEAT and tends to be depressive, dullness, lethargic stupor, collapse, depression. Phlegm Fire harassing the heart has HEAT and tends to be manic, have palpitations, agitation, bitter taste, violent, tongue ulcers, dark urine. [35]

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