Below you will find theoretical and clinical applications information related to heart qi deficiency. We have created associations based on clinical experience that lead to possible treatment approaches with acupuncture points, individual herbs, TCM formulas, and more.

Heart Qi Deficiency - Basics

Palpitations on exertion, spontaneous sweating, fatigue.

Tongue Diagnosis

Pale, possibly a midline crack down to the tip.

Pulse Diagnosis

Empty.

The following 4 TCM Formulas are empirically related to the treatment of Heart Qi Deficiency

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• Sang Piao Xiao Wan (Mantis Egg Case Powder) Stabilize and Bind
• Sheng Mai San Wan (Generate the Pulse Pills) Tonify
• Sheng Mai Yin Wan (Replenish Pulse Pills) Tonify
• Shi Quan Da Bu Wan (Ten Tonics Nourishment Pills) Tonify

The Chinese Medicine treatment of heart qi deficiency 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 15 conditions may arise from heart qi deficiency . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.

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