Summary of Heart Disease Patterns Flashcards
Heart Disease Patterns
Key Points (General):
Palpitation
Sleep disorder
Chest distress or pain
Canker sores Pale or dark facial complexion Poor memory Tongue ulcers Irregular pulse
Heart Qi Deficiency
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Palpitation Shortness or breath Chest distress or tightness Worsening with exertion Weak and/or irregular pulse
Specific:
Fatigue
Pale and sallow complexion
Deficiency pulse
Heart Yang Deficiency
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Palpitation Shortness or breath Chest distress or tightness Worsening with exertion Weak and/or irregular pulse
Specific:
Chest pain Cold limbs Intolerance to cold Dark lips Pale complexion Thin to faint pulse
Heart Yang Collapse
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Palpitation Shortness or breath Chest distress or tightness Worsening with exertion Weak and/or irregular pulse
Specific:
Cold oil-like sweating Serious cold limbs Sever palpitations Feeble breath Stupor or coma
Heart Blood Deficiency
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Palpitation
Insomnia
Dream-disturbed sleeping
Specific:
Pale Dizziness Blurry vision Poor memory Thready and weak pulse
Heart Yin Deficiency
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Palpitation
Insomnia
Dream-disturbed sleeping
Specific:
Tiday fever Heat sensations in five centers Hectic fever Night sweating Red tongue with little coating Thready and rapid pulse
Heart Fire Flaming Upward
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Irritability Flushed face Restlessness Agitation Fidgeting Vexation Fever Insomnia Yellow urination Constipation Thirst Red tongue Rapid pulse
Specific:
Canker sore or tongue ulcer
Nose bleeding or vomiting with blood
Phlegm Fire Harassing the Heart
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Irritability Flushed face Restlessness Agitation Fidgeting Vexation Fever Insomnia Yellow urination Constipation Thirst Red tongue Rapid pulse
Specific:
Slurred speech Incoherent speech Uncontrolled laughing or crying Muttering Shouting Manic behavior Rattling sound in the throat Yellow sputum Thick yellow greasy coating Slippery Pulse
Phlegm Confounding the Heart
Dian
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Abnormal behaviors
Cough with phlegm or breathing with phlegm sound
Thick, greasy tongue coating
Slippery pulse
Specific:
Chronic depression
Aversion to speaking or mumbling to oneself
Laughing or crying inappropriately
Phlegm Confounding the Heart
Xian
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Abnormal behaviors
Cough with phlegm or breathing with phlegm sound
Thick, greasy tongue coating
Slippery pulse
Specific:
Sudden syncope with drooling saliva and spasms of the limbs
There is a short blackout or period of confused memory
Odd changes in the way things look, sound, smell, or feel
After the symptoms pass, the patient manifests no abnormality
Phlegm Confounding the Heart
Syncope
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Abnormal behaviors
Cough with phlegm or breathing with phlegm sound
Thick, greasy tongue coating
Slippery pulse
Specific:
Dim complexion Sense of fuzziness Ambiguous speech Breathing with phlegm sound Loss of consciouness
Blood Vessels Obstructed
Blood Stasis
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Continuous fright Palpitations Chest tightness and distress Chest pain Intermittent attack and pain radiating to shoulder and arm
Specific:
Sharp pain which is like a needle prick
Purple tongue or purple spots on the tongue
Thready and choppy pulse
Blood Vessels Obstructed
Phlegm
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Continuous fright Palpitations Chest tightness and distress Chest pain Intermittent attack and pain radiating to shoulder and arm
Specific:
Heavy and tight pain Obesity Heavy sensation of the body Tiredness White greasy tongue coating Deep and slippery pulse
Blood Vessels Obstructed
Cold
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Continuous fright Palpitations Chest tightness and distress Chest pain Intermittent attack and pain radiating to shoulder and arm
Specific:
Sudden onset Severe pain relieved by warmth Cold limbs Pale tongue with white coating Deep and slow or deep and tight pulse
Blood Vessels Obstructed
Qi
Clinical Manifestations (Common/Specific):
Common:
Continuous fright Palpitations Chest tightness and distress Chest pain Intermittent attack and pain radiating to shoulder and arm
Specific:
Distended pain, usually induced by emotional stress
Slight red tongue
Wiry pulse
