Zang Fu Patterns: HT/SI Flashcards
What are the main functions of the heart?
- Governs blood and blood vessels (pumps and circulates blood)
- Houses the mind (Shen)
Shen encompasses STEMCM
sleeping, thinking, emotion, memory, consciousness, mental activity
Heart manifests in…
opens into…
affects quality of…
- manifests in the complexion
- opens into the tongue
- affects quality of sweat
What vital substances are involved in governing blood and vessels?
Qi, Blood, Yin, Yang
What vital substances are involved in housing the mind?
Blood, Yin
Heart Associations
Emotion:
Pulse:
Tissue:
Colour:
Flavour:
Season:
5 Qi:
Emotion: Joy
Pulse: Normal or Flooding
Tissue: Blood vessels
Colour: Red
Flavour: Bitter
Season: Summer
5 Qi: Summer Heat
What are some common symptoms of heart dysfunction?
palpitations, mental restlessness, insomnia, suffocating feeling and pain in the chest, delirium, dream-disturbed sleep, loss of consciousness
Common Heart Excess Syndromes
Shu: Invasion of fire, phlegm, blood stasis
- HT Fire Flares Up
- Phlegm Misting HT
- Phlegm Disturbing HT
- Blockage of HT Vessel
- i) Qi Stagnation
- ii) Blood Stasis
- iii) Phlegm
- iv) Cold
Common Symptoms of SI Dysfunction
SX: Abnormal urination (too much or not enough), dark, red and scanty urine, hesitant urination with burning pain
Common SI Syndromes
- Excess Heat in the SI (may arise from HT Fire shifting to SI)
- SI Qi Pain (LV Qi Stgn precursor)
- SI Qi Tied (LV Qi Stgn and/or Cold in Intestine)
- SI Deficient and Cold (SP Yang Xu as precursor and may lead to KI Yang Xu)
- Infestation of Worms in SI (leading to SP Qi Xu)
Common Deficiency Syndromes of HT Dysfunction
- HT Qi Xu
- HT Blood Xu
- HT Yin Xu
- HT Yang Xu
Etiology of Heart Qi Deficiency Pattern
- Too much sweating, diarrhea, vomiting, urination (BP meds) all leading to loss of BF —> damage of Qi
- Excessive hemorrhage —> deficiency of Qi & BL
- Drastic emotional changes (anger consumes qi) —> disturb the Qi —> deficiency of Qi
- Febrile diseases in late stage, prolonged illness, old age —> deficiency of Qi
- GB Qi Xu as a precursor
- KI Qi Xu a a precursor
Western Medical diseases corresponding to Deficiency of Heart Qi Pattern
Heart disease
Arrhythmia
Mental health problems
Heart failure, heart attack
Heart Qi Xu SX
Palpitation, insomnia (HT qi fails to house mind)
fullness of chest, shortness of breath (Zong Qi xu)
disinclination to speak, listlessness, lassitude, spontaneous sweating, aggravated after activities, pallor, pale tongue, weak or knotted or intermittent pulse
POT for Heart Qi Xu
Prescription
Points/Method
POT: Reinforce and tonify HT Qi
Ginseng, 4 Gentleman Decoction, Yang Xin Wan
Si Jun Zi Tang
Points:
HT-5 (Tongli - Inner Communication)
Luo Connecting Pt; Tonifies Heart Qi
P-6 (Neiguan - Inner Gate)
Luo Connecting, Master Yin Wei Mai; Tonifies Heart Qi, Calms the Mind
BL-15 (Xinshu - Heart Shu)
With moxa. Back Shu Point of the Heart, Warms and Tonifies Heart Yang
REN-17 (Shanzhong - Chest Center)
With Moxa. Influential Point of Qi. Front Mu of PC, Upper Burner Energizer Pt, Sea of Qi Pt; Warms and Tonifies Heart Yang
REN-6 (Qihai - Sea of Qi)
With Moxa. Warm and Tonify Yang of the whole body, use if Heart Yang Deficiency is due to Kidney Yang Deficiency
Method:
Tonify
Etiology of Heart Yang Xu and Sudden Collapse of Heart Yang
- Heart Qi Xu —> Xu of Heart Yang
- Profuse sweating, vomiting, purgation, hemorrhage all leading to Sudden Collapse of Heart Yang
- KI Yang Xu as precursor
- SP/ST Yang Xu as precursor
Western Disease corresponding to Heart Yang Xu and Sudden Collapse of Heart Yang
Heart disease
Heart failure
Circulatory failure caused by some acute or chronic diseases
Heart Yang Xu SX
&
Sudden Collapse of Heart Yang SX
Common and Different
Common SX: Palpitation, shortness of breath, oppression in chest, spontaneous sweating aggravated after movement, insomnia, pallor
Heart Yang Xu: Intolerance to cold, cold limbs, precordial pain, pale or dim complexion; pale and swollen tongue, white and slippery coating; weak, thready and slow pulse
Sudden Collapse of Heart Yang: sudden and profuse cold sweating, cold limbs up to elbow or knee joints. pallor, purplish tongue (swollen with ecchymoses), purplish lips, coma, minute or knotted and intermittent pulse
Heart Yang Xu POT
Sudden Collapse of Heart Yang POT
Prescriptions
Tonify and warm heart yang
Restore yang
Bao Yue Tang, Si Ni San
Points:
HT-5 (Tongli)
Tonifies Heart Qi
P-6 (Neiguan)
Tonifies Heart Qi, Calms the Mind
BL-15 (Xinshu)
With moxa. Back Shu Point of the Heart, Warms and Tonifies Heart Yang
REN-17 (Shanzhong)
With Moxa. Influential Point of Qi. Warms and Tonifies Heart Yang
REN-6 (Qihai)
With Moxa. Warm and Tonify Yang of the whole body, use if Heart Yang Deficiency is due to Kidney Yang Deficiency
DU-14 (Dazhui)
With Moxa. Tonify Heart Yang
Method
Tonify all points. Moxa where applicable.
What are some ways to improve blood?
Diet, food and water
ST/SP, LU, HT must all be workign well
KI essence passes through LV to form blood
KI essence from bones, similar to western medicien in that bone marrow produces blood
Etiology for Deficiency of Heart Blood Pattern
- Prolonged illness —> injures the blood
- Excessive loss of blood
- Emotional frustration –> fire —> consumes blood
1,2,3 —> 4. Loss of blood
- Dysfunction of SP/ST —> poor production of blood
4,5 —> Deficiency of Blood
Western Diseases corresponding to Heart Blood Deficiency Pattern`
Anemia, low hemoglobin levels
Mental healt problems
Heart disease
Deficiency of Heart Blood SX
Palpitations, insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, amnesia, dizziness, blurring of vision, pale and lusterless complexion; pale lips, nails and tongue; thready and weak pulse
Heart Blood Xu POT
Prescription
POT: Tonify blood and Heart
Soothe the Shen
Si Wu Tang Important ingredient Dong Quai (Angelica sinensis) or “female ginseng”
Points
HT-7 (Shenmen)
Tonifies Heart Blood and calms the Shen
P-6 (Neiguan)
Tonifies Heart Qi and calms the Shen
REN-14 (Juque)
Tonifies Heart Blood and calms the Shen, especially with anxiety and restlessness
REN-15 (Jiuwei)
Tonifies Heart Blood and calms the Shen
REN-4 (Guanyuan)
Tonifies Blood
BL-17 (Geshu)
Influential Point of Blood
BL-20 (Pishu)
Back Shu Point of the Spleen, Tonifies Spleen, which in turn produces more Blood
Method
Tonify all points. Moxa where applicable.
Etiology of Heart Yin Xu
- Summer heat, dryness, fire (yang pathogenic factors)
- Drastic emotional changes —> fire
- Prolonged stagnation of wind, cold or dampness —> fire
- Indulgence in alcoholic drink, pungent, greasy —> fire
- Improper treatment (diaphoresis, vomiting, purgation, diuresis)
1-5 —> consume body fluids —> heart yin xu
What are some Western diseases associated with Heart Yin Xu?
Arrhythmia
Heart Disease
Hyperthyroidism
Menatl health disorders
What are the manifestations of Heart Yin Xu?
Palpitations, irritability, insomnia, dreaming (heart signs)
afternoon fever or low fever, malar flush, 5 palm heat, night sweats, dryness of throat (general yin xu sx)
yellow urine, constipation, red tongue esp. the tip with little coating, thready and rapid pulse (heat signs)
Palpitations
Heart Yin Deficiency affecting Heart Qi
Insomnia, wakes often, mental restlessness, easily startled, poor memory, anxiety
Heart Blood Deficiency
Heart Yin Xu
POT
Prescription
POT: Tonify and nourish Heart Yin
Nourish Kidney Yin
Calm the Shen
Px: Bu xin dan
HT-7 (Shenmen)
Tonifies Heart Blood and Heart Yin and calms the Shen
P-6 (Neiguan)
Calms the Shen
REN-14 (Juque)
Calms the Shen, especially where there is anxiety
REN-15 (Jiuwei)
Calms the Shen, especially where there is anxiety
REN-4 (Guanyuan)
Tonifies the Yin and Anchors the Shen
HT-6 (Yinxi)
Tonifies Heart Yin and stops night sweats
SP-6 (SanYinjiao)
Tonifies Yin and calms the Shen
KI-7 (Fuliu)
Tonifies the Kidneys, Stops night sweats with HT-6
KI-6 (Zhaohai)
Tonifies Kidney Yin and improves sleep
Method: Tonify all points, Moxa where applicable