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What are the Heart's 6 Main functions?
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Governs the blood
Controls blood vessels Manifests in the complexion Houses the Mind Opens into the tongue Controls sweat |
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Heart Qi Xu
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palpitations (more in the morning, with exertion maybe without other sensation), SOB on exertion, pale face, spontaneous sweating, tiredness, slight depression, pale tongue, empty pulse
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Heart Yang Xu
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Palpitations, SOB on exertion, tiredness, spontaneous sweating, slight feeling of stuffiness, feeling cold, cold hands, bright pale face, slightly dark lips, pale tongue, deep weak pulse
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Heart Yang Collapse
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Derived from Kidney Yang Xu; Palps, SOB, shallow weak breathing, profuse sweating, cold limbs, cyanosis of the lips, grayish white com
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Heart Blood Xu
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Palpitations (more afternoon evening, even at rest, with a slight feeling uneasiness in the chest, or anxiety), dizziness, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, poor memory, anxiety, propensity to be startled, dull pale complexion, pale lips. Pale and Thin tongue, Choppy or Fine Pulse
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Heart Yin Xu
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Includes Heart Blood Xu Pattern, must have Heart Blood Xu to get Heart Yin Xu bc yin embodies blood.
Blood: Insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, propensity to be startled, poor memory and anxiety) But the insomnia in Blood Xu it is difficult to fall asleep, but sleeps well once out, and Yin Xu has trouble falling, and staying, asleep. "Xin Fan." Mental Restlessness, fidgety and flushed in the face Dry mouth/throat, night sweats, tongue without a coating, Floating-Empty Pulse |
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Heart Fire Blazing
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Palpitations, thirst, mouth and tongue ulcers, mental restlessness, feeling agitated, feeling of heat, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, red face, dark urine or blood in urine, bitter taste, Red tongue, tip redder and swollen with red points, yellow coating. Full Rapid Overflowing Pulse
(Notes: Liver Fire bitter taste occurs daily; Heart Fire bitter taste occurs only after a bad night's sleep - Contract to HT Yin Xu: this is an excess patterns of full heat, Yin Xu is empty heat; Tongue ulcers from empty heat have white rings around them - Xin Fan is far worse as it is excess in cause |
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Phlegm Fire Harassing The Heart
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Palpitations, thirst, red face, bitter taste
feeling of oppression in chest, expectoration of phlegm, rattling sound in throat, mental restlessness, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, agitation, incoherent speech, confusion, rash behavior, tendency to hit or scold others, uncontrolled laughter or crying, shouting, muttering to oneself, mental depression and dullness, manic behavior [rash behavior, chest oppression, red tongue, heart crack, yellow-sticky coating, full-rapid-slippery pulse or rapid-overflowing or rapid-full-wiry] |
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Phlegm Misting the Mind
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Mental Confusion, LOC, lethargic stupor, incoherent speech, vomiting of phlegm, rattling sound in throat, mental depression, emotional lability, aphasia, very dull eyes, Swollen tongue with thick sticky coating, Heart Crack, Slippery Pulse
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Heart Qi Stagnation
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Palpitations, a feeling of dissension or oppression of the chest, depression, a light feeling of lump in the throat, slight SOB, sighing, poor appetite, dislike of lying down, weak and cold limbs, slightly purple lips, pale complexion, tongue slightly pale purple on the sides in the chest, pulse Empty but very slightly Overflowing on the left front position
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Heart Vessels Obstruction
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Chest Pain that is stabbing, purple sides of the tongue, with a thick sticky coating, wiry choppy pulse, knotted pulse
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Heart Blood Stasis
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Palpitations, Chest pain that is stabbing, or prickling, may radiate to inner aspect of left arm or to the shoulders, oppression/restriction in chest, cyanosis of lips and nails
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