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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 |
| 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 [34] • palpitation, insomnia, dream
disturbs sleeping, feverish sensation in the five center, irritability, night sweating, hectic cheek, fever in the afternoon or evening, dry throat, red tongue with little coating, a thready and rapid pulse [32]
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| Keywords |
| palpitations, 5 soles heat, insomnia, dryness [Maciocia] • palpitation, insomnia, plus yin deficiency [32]
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| 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 [34] • Maciocia -K3 + HT6,DU14,KD7 [32] • PALPITATIONS: +REN17 [Qiao] • INSOMNIA: +An Mian[32] • FATIGUE: +ST36, REN4, REN6 |
| Herb |
| Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan [34] • Huang Lian E Jiao Tang, Bu Xin Tang [32] • PALPITATIONS/INSOMNIA: Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan [32] • FATIGUE: Sheng Mai San [Qiao] |
| Etiology |
| excess chronic over worry, excess pensiveness consumes blood and yin fluids, high fever, chronic illness, aging [34] • when the heart yin is too deficient to nourish the heart, lead deficient fire disturbs inside [32] • Overworking, exterior heat consuming body fluids.[42] |
