Heart and Small Intestine Patterns Flashcards
Heart Qi Deficiency
Causes:
- Loss of fluids such as excessive sweating, vomiting, loss/collapse of blood
- Chronic illness injures the Qi (blood is the mother of qi)
- Emotional problems, especially sadness
Heart Qi Deficiency
Symptoms:
- Palpitations
- Shortness of breath on exertion
- Spontaneous sweating
- Pale face
- Fatigue
- Listlessness
Heart Qi Deficiency
Tongue:
Pulse:
Heart Qi Deficiency
Tongue: pale or normal color, thin white coating (midline crack in severe cases)
Pulse: thready, weak/empty
Heart Yang Deficiency
Causes:
• Heart qi deficiency leading to Yang deficiency, or a complication of Kidney Yang
Heart Yang Deficiency
Symptoms:
- Palpitations
- Shortness of breath on exertion
- Spontaneous sweating
- Pale face
- Fatigue
- Listlessness
- Bright-pale face
- Chest stuffness or discomfort
- Chilliness and cold extremities (especially hands)
- Cyanosis of lips
Heart Yang Deficiency
Tongue:
Pulse:
Heart Yang Deficiency
Tongue: Pale, wet, swollen
Pulse: Deep, thready, weak, or knotted
Heart Yang Collapse
Causes:
• Extreme Heart Yang Deficiency, or collapse of qi, blood, and body fluids
Heart Yang Collapse
Symptoms:
- Palpitations
- Shortness of breath
- Weak and shallow breathing
- Profuse sweating
- Cyanosis of lips
- Grayish-pale complexion
- Stupor
- Possible loss of consciousness or coma
Heart Yang Collapse
Tongue:
Pulse:
Heart Yang Collapse
Tongue: very pale or bluish-purple, short
Pulse: Hidden-Minute-Knotted
Heart Blood Deficiency
Causes:
- Diet
- Spleen Qi Deficiency
- Anxiety and worry weakening the heart
- Blood Loss
Heart Blood Deficiency
Symptoms:
- Palpitations
- Dizziness
- Insomnia
- Dream-disturbed Sleep
- Poor Memory
- Anxiety
- Easily Startled
- Dull-pale or shallow complexion
- Pale lips
Heart Blood Deficiency
Tongue:
Pulse:
Heart Blood Deficiency
Tongue: pale, thin, slightly dry
Pulse: thready or choppy
Heart Yin Deficiency
Causes:
- Long-term anxiety
- Worry
- Busy life damages Yin
- Exterior heat consuming body fluids
- Yin deficiency of kidney, lung, spleen, or stomach
- Spicy fried, fatty food or alcohol
- Incorrect treatment such as sweating
- Acrid/warm herbs damaging Yin
Heart Yin Deficiency
Symptoms:
- Palpitations
- Insomnia
- Dream-disturbed sleep
- Poor memory
- Anxiety
- Easily startled
- Mental Restlessness
- Fidgeting
- Low-grade or tidal fever
- Night sweating
- Dry mouth and throat
- Five-centre heat
- Malar flush
Heart Yin Deficiency
Tongue:
Pulse:
Heart Yin Deficiency
Tongue: Red tongue with redder tip, no coating, deep midline crack to the tip
Pulse: Thready-rapid, or superficial-deficient
Heart Fire Blazing
Causes:
- Aftermath of febrile disease
- Hot, acrid, spicy, fried food, or alcohol
- Excessive warm and tonifying herbs
- Chronic anxiety
- Constant worry/depression
- Qi stagnation
- Liver fire
- Anger
- Resentment
- Frustration
Heart Fire Blazing
Symptoms:
- Palpitations
- Thirst
- Mouth and tongue ulcers
- Mental restlessness
- Agitation
- Feeling of heat
- Insomnia
- Dream-disturbing sleep
- Red face
- Dark urine
- Hesitant or painful urination in severe cases
- Bitter taste
Heart Fire Blazing
Tongue:
Pulse:
Heart Fire Blazing
Tongue: Red tip and swollen red points; yellow coating
Pulse: Full (excess), rapid
Heart Blood Stagnation
Symptoms:
- Palpitations
- Stabbing or pricking chest pain
- Chest pain radiating to left arm or shoulder
- Stabbing chest pain which may become worse at night
- Chest oppression
- Constriction or discomfort
- Cyanosis of the lips and nails
- Cold hands
Heart Blood Stagnation
Tongue:
Pulse:
Heart Blood Stagnation
Tongue: Purple, purple sides in chest area
Pulse: Choppy, wiry, knotted
Phlegm Misting the Mind
Causes:
- Constitutional in children
- Greasy, cold, raw food
- Combined with several emotional problems such as long-term anxiety
- Seven emotions causing qi stagnation, causing transformation and transportation problems leading to dampness and transforming into phlegm
Phlegm Misting the Mind
Symptoms:
- Mental confusion, depression or dullness
- Mental retardation in children
- Lethargy and stupor
- Aphasia or incoherent speech
- Weeping and laughing for no apparent reason, vomiting, rattling sound of sputum in throat, dull eyes unconsciousness, possible collapse into coma
Phlegm Misting the Mind
Tongue:
Pulse:
Phlegm Misting the Mind
Tongue: swollen, thick white greasy coating (possible midline crack to the tip)
Pulse: Rolling
Phlegm-fire Harassing the Heart
Symptoms:
- Palpitations
- Bitter taste
- Red face
- Thirst
- Chest oppression
- Expectoration of phlegm
- Rattling sound in the throat
- Mental restlessness
- Insomnia
- Dream-disturbed sleep
- Incoherent speech
- Rash behavior
- Aggressive or violent behavior
- Mania behavior
- Uncontrolled laughing or crying
- Agitation
- Shouting
- Mental derangement
- Muttering to oneself
- Mental depression and dullness
Phlegm-fire Harassing the Heart
Tongue:
Pulse:
Phlegm-fire Harassing the Heart
Tongue: red swollen tip and/or body, greasy yellow coating (possibly midline crack tot he tip with prickles)
Pulse: Rapid, Surging rolling or full-wiry
Full-heat in the Small Intestine
Causes:
- Emotional problems such as long-term anxiety over one’s like pressures and life direction
- Unstoppable desire to take on many projects, and push one’s self in different directions, depleting their energy
Full-heat in the Small Intestine
Symptoms:
- Mental restlessness
- Irritability and insomnia
- Red face and lips
- Tongue and mouth ulcers
- Pain in the throat
- Thirst
- Possibly deafness
- Discomfort and heat in the chest
- Fullness and distention of the lower abdomen
- Scanty, dark urine
- Burning pain on urination
- Blood in the urine
Full-heat in the Small Intestine
Tongue:
Pulse:
Full-heat in the Small Intestine
Tongue: red with redder and swollen tip/yellow coating
Pulse: rapid-surging, especially in the front position
Small Intestine Qi Pain
Causes:
- Chronic Liver QI stagnation invading the Spleen/Stomach, effecting the Small Intestine
- Anger, frustration, resentment
- Cold and raw foods
Small Intestine Qi Pain
Symptoms:
- Lower abdominal twisting pain
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal distention
- Dislikes pressure on the abdomen
- Flatulence
- Abdominal pain relieved by emission of wind
- Pain radiating to the testes
- Bearing down pain in the testes, referring to the lower back
Small Intestine Qi Pain
Tongue:
Pulse:
Small Intestine Qi Pain
Tongue: White
Pulse: Deep, Wiry, especially in the rear position
Small Intestine Qi Tied
Causes:
- Exposure to cold water in winter
- Heavy lifting
- Excessive consumption of cold or raw food
Small Intestine Qi Tied
Symptoms:
- Sudden violent abdominal pain
- Abdominal distension
- Dislikes pressure
- Constipation
- Vomiting
- Borborygmus
- Flatulence
Small Intestine Qi Tied
Tongue:
Pulse:
Small Intestine Qi Tied
Tongue: Thick White
Pulse: Deep, Wiry
Infestation of Worms in the Small Intestine
Causes:
• Spleen and intestine cold as a result of consumption of cold and raw food
Infestation of Worms in the Small Intestine
Symptoms:
- Abdominal pain and distension
- Bad taste in the mouth
- Shallow complexion
- Roundworms – abdominal pain, vomiting os round worms, cold limbs
- Hookworms – desire to eat strange objects (soil, wax, uncooked rice or tea leaves)
- Pinworms – itchy anus, worse in evening
- Tapeworms – constant hunger
Infestation of Worms in the Small Intestine
Tongue:
Pulse:
Infestation of Worms in the Small Intestine
Tongue: N/A
Pulse: N/A
Small Intestine Deficient and Cold
Causes:
• Consumption of excessive cold and raw food, usually associated with Spleen Yang deficiency impairing the Small Intestine function of receiving and transforming, resulting in diarrhea
Small Intestine Deficient and Cold
Symptoms:
- Dull abdominal pain alleviated by pressure
- Desire for hot drinks
- Borborygmi
- Diarrhea
- Pale and abundant urination
- Cold limbs
Small Intestine Deficient and Cold
Tongue:
Pulse:
Small Intestine Deficient and Cold
Tongue: Pale/White
Pulse: Deep, weak, slow
