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

Summer Heat - Basics

Fever, aversion to heat, sweating, thirst, irritability, dizziness, diarrhea.

Tongue Diagnosis

Red.

Pulse Diagnosis

Rapid, Empty.

The following 1 TCM Formula is empirically related to the treatment of Summer Heat

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• Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang Wan (Clear Summer Heat and Augment the Qi) Clear Heat

The Chinese Medicine treatment of summer heat 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 summer heat . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.

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