Diagnostic Information and Acupuncture and Herbal Treatment of Heart Fire

Heart Fire - Basics

Palpitations, thirst, tongue/mouth ulcers, restlessness, red complexion, bitter taste in the mouth (esp. if after a poor night of sleep, if during day may be more LV), other heat signs.

• Tongue Diagnosis - Theory

Red w/yellow coat, red points on tip

• Pulse Diagnosis - Theory

Full, rapid, overflowing (esp. in HT position)

Heart Fire - Related Acupuncture Points

The following (3) acupuncture points may be useful for heart fire. A subset of these could potentially be useful with acupressure stimulation and/or tongren therapy methods as well.

Generally treatment would be based on the TCM patterns listed above instead of selecting points by function alone, (see general points selection rules.)

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Heart Fire - Formulas From Our Store

The following herbal formulas are potentially useful in the process of treating heart fire. For a complete list from our store with more details see our heart fire formula section.

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Heart Fire - Conditions and Possibilities

The Chinese Medicine treatment of heart fire generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).

The following 1 conditions may arise from heart fire . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.