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Heart Patterns
Heart Patterns according to Chinese Medicine
| Diagnosis | Signs & Symptoms | Treatment Principle | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart QI Deficiency | Papls, tiredness, SOB, Sweating, Pallor, Listlessness | Tonify HT QI | HT5, PC6, BL15, Ren17, Ren6 |
| Heart Yang Deficiency | Palps, feeling of cold, cold limbs, SOB, listlessness, sweating, feeling of stuffiness in chest | Tonify and Warm HT Yang | HT5, PC6, Ren17, Ren6, Du14 |
| Heart Yang Collapse | Cyanosis of lips, cold limbs, palps, SOB, Shallow breathing, profuse sweating, in severe cases can be a coma | Rescue Yang, Stop Sweating, Restore Consciousness | Ren4, Ren6, Ren8, Du4, BL23, St36, PC6, LB15, Du14, Du20 |
| Heart Blood Deficiency | Palps, insomnia, poor memory, dizziness, dream-disturbed sleep, anxiety, eaisly startled, dull-pale compexion, pale lips | Tonify Blood, Tonify HT, Pacify the Mind | HT7, PC6, Ren14, Ren15, Ren4, BL17, BL20 |
| Heart Yin Deficiency | palps,insomnia, dream-dsiturbed sleep, eaisly startled, poor memory, anxiety, mental restlessness, feeling of heat, malar flush, heat in the evening, night sweating, dry mouth and throat, 5-palm heat | Tonify and Nourish HT Yin, Nourish KI Yin (if necessary), Pacify the Mind | HT7, PC6, Ren4, Ren14, Ren15, HT6, HT7, SP6, KI6 |
| Heart Fire Blazing | Ulcers in mouth, thirst, palps, mental restlessness, feeling of heat, insomnia, red face, dark/blood in urine, bitter taste | Clear Heat, Pacify the MInd | HT9, HT8, HT7, Ren15, SP6, KI6 |
| Phlegm-Fire Harasing the Heart | mental restlessness, palps,insomnia, easily startled, incoherent speech, confusion, rash behavior, tendency to hit/scold, uncontrolled laughter, shouting, muttering to oneself | Clear HT-Fire, Resolve Phlegm, Pacify the Mind | HT9, HT8, HT7, PC6, Ren15, Ren12, ST40, PC5, SP6, LR2, LR3, Du20, Du24, GB13, GB15 |
| Phlegm Misting the MInd | mental confusion, rattling sound in throat, lethargic stupor, vomiting, aphasia, unconsciousness, coma | Open HT, Resolve Phelgm, Restore consciousness (if necessary) | HT9, PC5, ST40, BL15, Du26, Ren12, BL20 |
| Heart Blood Stagnation | Pain in chest, Cyanosis of lips, palps, Stuffiness in chest, cold hands, radiating pain down left arm | Regulate Blood, Remove stasis, Tonify and Warm HT Ynag, Pacify the Mind | PC6, PC4, HT7, Ren17, BL14, BL17, SP10, KI25 |