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Full/Empty Heat and Full/Empty Cold
Question | Answer |
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Full Heat | fever, thirst, red face, red eyes, constipation, scanty-dark urine, rapid full pulse, red tongue with yellow coating |
do not involve fever | liver fire or heart fire |
raised, red skin which feel hot | full heat |
burning sensation, burning feeling stomach | full heat |
loss of blood with large quantities of dark-red blood, nose bleed | heat in blood |
extreme restlessness or manic behavior, person crazy or feels like going crazy | heat in heart |
when does full heat arise | when excess of yang in the body |
common causes of Full Heat are | excessive consumption of Hot energy foods=will most likely cause ST or LV heat, , long standing emotional problems when stag Qi generaes heat=will mostly cause Liver or Heart Heat |
Hot energy foods | roasted meats, tobacco, alcohol |
Full heat and exterior pathogen | cold turns into heat once in the body |
an example of exterior cold or heat turning to heat in the body | the Heat settles in the ST, LU, LI, SI, causing high fever, sweating and thirst |
Yin-Yang Point of view about full heat | arises from excess Yang |
when is yang highest | 12 noon |
empty heat manifestation | afternoon fever, dry mouth, dry throat at night, night sweating, feeling of heat in the chest and palms and soles(5 palm heat), dry stools, scanty dark urine, floating empty and rapid pulse, red-peeled tongue |
mental restlessness, fidgeting, vague anxiety | Empty Heat |
person feels something is wrong but cant describe what it is | empty heat |
yin yang point of few about empty heat | arises from deficiency of yin |
if yin deficient for long period of time | yin is consumed and yang is relatively in excess |
empty heat frequently arises | from deficiency of Kidney yin |
foundation of all Yin energies | kidney yin |
kidney yin deficient | affect the yin of the Liver, Heart, and Lungs |
long standing deficiency of Yin in LV, HT, and LU | can give rise to Empty Heat manifestations mental restlessness and insomnia when HT Yin deficient, irritability and HA when liver yin deficient, malar flush and dry cough when Lung-Yin deficient |
treat full heat | clear heat |
treat empty heat | nourish the Yin |
Compare Heat Face | FH whole red face, EH malar flush |
compare heat thirst | FH desire to drink cold water, EH sip cold water, drink warm |
compare heat eyelid | FH red all over inside eyelid, EH thin red line inside eyelid |
compare taste heat | FH bitter taste, EH no bitter taste |
compare feeling of heat | FH all day, EH in afternoon or evening |
compare fever of heat | FH high fever, EH low grade fever in the afternoon |
compare mind heat | FH very restless and agitated, EH vague anxiety fidgety |
compare bowels heat | FH constipation,EH dry stools no abdominal pain |
compare sleep heat | FH Dream disturbed, very restless, EH waking up frequently during the night or early am |
compare skin heat | FH red-hot painful skin eruption, EH scarlet red-not raised, painless |
compare pulse heat | FH full rapid overflowing, EH floating empty rapid |
compare bleeding heat | EH slight |
compare tongue heat | FH red with yellow coating, EH red and peeled or thin |
compare treatment method heat | FH clear heat, EH nourish Yin, clear empty heat |