Main Symptoms - Heart Syndromes Flashcards
He qi xu
Palps - awareness of heart when tired or on exertion
Shortness of breath on exertion
Pale face
Lassitude
Lack of joy
Spontaneous sweating
Heart Yang xu
Palps, awareness of heartbeat worse when tired or on exertion or when cold.
Feeling cold
Cold extremities
Spiritual fatigue
Spontaneous sweating
Bright white complexion
Slightly dark lips
Mild stuffy feeling in heart area.
He Bl xu
Difficulty going to sleep
Anxiety
Palps when tired or anxious
Poor memory
Pale lips
Feel uneasy
He yin xu
Palps worse later in the day and when tired and at night.
Insomnia - waking in the night.
Feeling hot
Easily startled
Poor memory
Anxiety.
Dreams
Mental restlessness
Fidgeting
Heat in the afternoon
5 palm heat
Night sweats
Dry mouth and throat
He Fire blazing
Strong Palps worse when agitated.
Pronounced mental restlessness
Panic attacks
Agitation
Insomnia
Dreams
Thirst
Mouth ulcers
Bitter taste in morning
Red face
Feels hot
Dark urine or bl in urine if severe
Phlegm fire harassing the heart
Strong Palps especially when agitated
Severe mental restlessness confusion and agitation sometimes alternating with depression
Dreams
Bitter taste
Thirst
Red face
Oppression in chest area
Rattling sound in throat
Expectoration of phlegm
If severe, manic behaviours aphasia or coma.
Phlegm misting the Heart
Very dull eyes, confusion and depression.
Palps
rattling in throat,
Incoherent speech / aphasia
Heavy feeling in chest
If severe - unconscious, lethargic stupor, vomiting phlegm.
Heart Blood Stagnation
Stabbing/pricking pain in chest, radiating to left arm, or shoulder. Elicited by exertion or cold weather.
Strong palps, stuffiness, discomfort, oppression, constriction of chest,
cyanosis of lips and nails, cold hands
