Heart Patterns (Excess Patterns) Flashcards
What are the clinical manifestations for HT-Fire Blazing?
Thirst, palpitations, mouth & tongue ulcers, mental restlessness, feeling agitated, feeling of heat, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, red face, dark urine or blood in urine, bitter taste (after bad night’s sleep)
What is the tongue presentation for HT-Fire Blazing?
Red, tip redder and swollen with red points, yellow coating. There may be a midline crack reaching to the tip.
What is the pulse for HT-Fire Blazing?
Full-Rapid-Overflowing, especially on the L front position
Could also be “Hasty” (rapid and stopping at irregular intervals)
What are the pathological precursors of HT-Fire Blazing?
LV Fire
(LV is the Mother of HT. The transmission from the LV is also due to the emotional origin of both these patterns. Anger, frustration and resentment may lead to LV Fire and as the HT houses the Mind which recognizes and feels such emotions, LV Fire is transmitted to the HT, leading to HT-Fire)
What are the pathological developments from HT-Fire Blazing?
SP Heat
ST Fire
HT-Yin deficiency
What is the treatment principal for HT-Fire Blazing?
Clear the HT, drain Fire, calm the Mind
What are the clinical manifestations of Phlegm-Fire Harassing the HT?
Bitter taste, palpitations, red face, a feeling of oppression in the chest, expectoration of phlegm, rattling sound in the throat, mental restlessness, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, agitation, incoherent speech, mental confusion, rash behavior, tendency to hit or scold people, uncontrolled laughter and crying, shouting, mumbling to oneself, mental depression and dullness, manic behavior
What is the tongue presentation of Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT?
Red, swollen, yellow dry sticky coating, deep HT crack. Tip may be redder and swollen with red points.
What is the pulse for Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT?
Full-Rapid-Slippery OR
Rapid-Overflowing-Slippery OR
Rapid-Full-Wiry
What are the pathological precursors of Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT?
SP, LU, and KD deficiency
What are the pathological developments from Phlegm-Fire Harassing the HT?
Yin Deficiency OR
Blood Stasis
What is the treatment principal for Phlegm Fire Harassing the HT?
Clear the HT, drain Fire, resolve phlegm, calm the Mind, Open the Mind’s orifices
What are the clinical manifestations of Phlegm Misting the Mind?
Mental confusion, unconsciousness, lethargic, incoherent speech, slurred speech, aphasia, vomiting of phlegm, rattling sound in the throat, mental depression, very dull eyes
What is the tongue presentations of Phlegm Misting the Mind?
Swollen with thick sticky coating, midline crack reaching the tip.
What is the pulse of Phlegm Misting the Mind?
Slippery
What are the pathological precursors of Phlegm Misting the Mind?
SP, LU, and KD deficiency
What are the pathological developments from Phlegm Misting the Mind?
Qi Deficiency & Blood Stasis
What is the treatment principal for Phlegm Misting the Mind?
Open the HT, resolve Phlegm, open the Mind’s orifices
What are the clinical manifestations of HT-Qi stagnation?
Palpitations, a feeling of distention or oppression of chest, depression, a slight feeling of lump in the throat, slight shortness of breath, sighing, poor appetite, slight nausea, cold limbs, slightly purple lips, pale complexion
What is the tongue presentation of HT-Qi stagnation?
slightly pale-purple on the sides in the chest area
What is the pulse of HT-Qi Stagnation?
Empty but very Overflowing on the L front position
What are the pathological precursors of HT-Qi Stagnation?
LV-Qi Stagnation & HT-Qi deficiency
What are the pathological developments from HT-Qi Stagnation?
HT-Blood Stasis
What is the treatment principal for HT-Qi Stagnation?
Move Ht Qi, Open the Chest, Calm the Mind
What are the clinical manifestations of Heart Vessel Obstructed?
Palpitations, SOB with inability to lie down, depression, mental restlessness, a feeling of oppression of the chest, stabbing or pricing pain in the heart region which comes and goes which may radiate to the upper back or shoulder, pain aggravated by exposure to cold and alleviated by heat, expectoration of phlegm, a feeling of heaviness, dislike to speak, cold hands, sighing, purple lips, face and nails.
What is the tongue presentation of Heat Vessel Obstructed?
Purple on the sides in the chest area, swollen with a sticky coating
What is the pulse of Heart Vessel Obstructed?
Wiry, choppy or knotted : Slipper if phlegm is predominant
What are the pathological precursors of Heart Vessel Obstructed?
Qi Stagnation
& SP and KD deficiency
What are the pathological developments from Heart Vessel Obstructed?
Dryness
What is the treatment principal for HT vessel Obstructed?
move HT-Qi and HT blood, eliminate stasis, open the chest, resolve phlegm, expel cold, calm the mind
What are the clinical manifestations of HT-Blood Stasis?
Palpitations, stabbing or pricking pain in the chest which may radiate to the inner aspect of the L arm or to the shoulder, a feeling of oppression or constriction of the chest, cyanosis of lips and nails, cold hands.
What is the tongue presentation of HT-Blood Stasis?
Purple entirely or on the sides in the chest area
What is the pulse of HT-Blood Stasis?
Choppy, Wiry, or knotted
What are the pathological precursors of HT-Blood Stasis?
HT-Qi Stagnation
LV-Qi Stagnation
HT-Yang Stagnation
What are the pathological developments from HT-Blood Stasis?
Phlegm
What is the treatment principal for HT-Blood Stasis?
Move Blood, eliminate Stasis, tonify and warm HT-Yang, Calm the Mind
