• Emotional turmoil

• Overthinking/worrying 

• Too much sweating

• Being born deficient 

• Aging

• Severe acute illness

• Chronic illness

• Palpitations/anxiety

• Poor memory

• Insomnia

• tiredness/ listlessness

• Shortness of breath on exertion 

• Profuse sweating

• Pallor

• Weak pulse

• Enduring heart qi deficiency 

• Over consumption of bitter cold draining medicinals

• Antibiotics 

• Drain fire resolve toxins herbs

• Overconsumption of cold raw foods

What are the sign/symptoms of heart yang deficiency?

• Everything you see with heart qi xu + cold

• Cold limbs especially hands

• Stuffiness in the chest

• tongue = pale wet enlarged

what is the  treatment for heart yang deficiency?

• Natural endowment/ aging

• Acute severe illness/ chronic enduring illness

• Blood loss

• Failure to generate blood

• Diet lacking in blood nourishment

• Problems with digestion/ transformation

• Dream disturbed sleep

• Paranoia 

• Restlessness

• Easily startled 

• Restlessness

• Poor memory

• Dizziness

• Dull pale complexion

• Palpitations 

• tongue= pale thin dry tongue

• pulse=choppy/fine

• Insufficient natural endowment/ aging

• Acute severe illness/ chronic enduring illness

• Late nights

• Lots of desires

• Coffee

• Energy drinks

• Malar flushing

• Tidal fever

• Night sweats

• Thirsty with no desire to drink

• vexation/ agitation

• Insomnia

• Profuse dreaming

• Poor memory

• Tongue= red with no coat or scanty coat

• Pulse=fine/rapid

enrich heart yin.

if there is deficiency heat-enrich heart yin, clear deficiency heat

w/bad insomnia-enrich heart yin, clear deficiency heat, calm the spirit

• External evil heat

• Summer heat

• Hot kitchen

• Prolonged emotional turmoil

• Over consumption of spicy foods / alcohol

• Incorrect use of warm herbs

• Excessive thinking

• Harasses spirit

• Red face

• Thirst with desire to drink cold water

• Bitter taste

• Feeling of heat

• Poor memory

• Insomnia

• vexation/agitation

• Frequent painful urination

• Tongue ulcers

• 6 depressions

• Trauma 

• Qi deficiency 

• Blood deficiency 

• Emotional turmoil

• Overconsumption of fat greasy foods

• Overconsumption of alcohol

• Palpitations

• Insomnia

• Radiating pain in the chest/ heart region--or back

• Chest oppression/stuffiness in chest

• Cyanosis 

• Hard to swallow

• Psycho emotional issues

• Cold hands

• Tidal fever

• Phlegm veiling the orifices of the mind 

• Spleen not transforming/transporting properly= accumulation of phlegm

• Heat

• Evaporates the clear-leaves the thick phlegm

• Rattling sound in the throat

• Coughing up phlegm

• Muttering to oneself 

• Aphasia

• Vomiting

• Phlegm obstructing qi dynamic

• Mental confusion

• Brain fog

• Depression

• Loss of awareness of human affairs

• Mood swings

• Lethargic stupor

• Phlegm veiling the orifices and heart fire that cannot vent 

• Not enough sleep

• Mental restlessness(vexation)

• Agitation

• depressed/dullness

• aggressive /violent

• Loss of awareness of human affairs

• Red face and eyes

• Incoherent speech

• Uncontrolled laughter/crying

• Palpitations 

• Poor memory

• Insomnia

• Rash behavior 

• Tongue= thick yellow greasy coating

• governs blood and vessels
• stores the spirit
• opens at the tongue
• governs speech
• governs sweat

• governs free flow of qi
• stores the blood
• thrives on orderly reaching
• governs the sinews
• blooms in the nails
• opens at the eyes
• has an interior/exterior relation with gallbladder
• averse to wind

• Excessive anger

• Blood stasis

• 6 depressions

• Frustration

• Unfulfilled desires

• Disappointment

• Stress

• How you react to it

• Impeded flow of yang qi

• Easy anger

• Ribside distention

• Big breath- sighing

• Hypochondriac pain (liver)

• Premenstrual breast distention 

• Plumpit qi

• Lump in throat

• Phlegm and qi binding

• Melancholy

• Fluctuation of mental state

• Stomach qi counterflow

• Nausea 

• Vomiting

• Belching

• Acid regurgitation

• Irregular periods

• Loose stools

What are the causes of stagnant live qi turning to heat?

(Liver depression-depressive heat)

• Long term liver qi stagnation can lead to heat

• Excessive amounts of hot energy foods

• Easy anger

• Ribside distention

• Big breath- sighing

• Hypochondriac pain (liver)

• Premenstrual breast distention 

• Red face and eyes

• Thirst

• Bitter taste

• Greater more easily triggered anger

• Heart palpitations

• Heart vexation

• Insomnia 

• Profuse dreaming

• Premenstrual tension

• Irregular periods

• Heavy periods

• Plumpit qi

What are the symptoms of Liver Depression Spleen Deficiency

(Rebellious liver qi invading the spleen)

liver qi stagnation symptoms

• easy anger
• ribside distention
• big breath-sighing
• hypochondriac pain
• premenstrual breast tension
• +
• loose stools
• fatigue
• lack of strength
• poor appetite

• Eating in a hurry

• Eating when stressed

• Eating while working

• Getting angry during meal time

• Eating standing up

WOOD ATTACKING EARTH

harmonize liver and spleen

• Dietary irregularities

• Overconsumption of sweet=lazy spleen=accumulation of damp=obstructs qi

• Overconsumption of oily foods

• Alcohol = damp and heat engendering

• Yellowing

• Jaundice

• Bitter taste

• Thirst w/o desire to drink

• damp= doesn’t feel good when you add more liquids

• No appetite

• Inability to digest

• Shows up as sticky undigested food

• Aversion to fatty foods

• Yellow scanty urine

• Vaginal discharge

• Red weepy skin lesions 

• Tongue=thick or slimy yellow coat w/ red tongue body

• Pulse=slippery,wiry,rapid

• Long term heat in the liver from qi stagnation 

• Turns to fire from

• Over consumption of alcohol

• Smoking

• over consumption of hot peppery foods

• Headache

• Tinnitus

• Vertigo

• Red eyes

• Bitter taste

• Dry mouth

• Outbursts of anger

• Dry stools

• Dark yellow urine

• Dream disturbed sleep

• Diet lacking blood nourishing foods

• Meat and grains

• Emotional stress

• Sadness and grief

• Excessive physical activity

• Blood loss-serious hemorrhage

• Pale, pale, pale, pale

• Dry hair and skin

• Pale brittle nails

• Muscle spasms/cramps/numbness

• Heart palpitations 

• Floaters in the eyes

• Diminished visual acuity

• Yin deficiency below

• Cant anchor yang

• Dizziness

• Tinnitus 

• Deafness

• paralysis /convulsions

• Insomnia

• Irritability

• Headache-temple

• Deviation of mouth/eyes

• Dry mouth/throat

• Tongue= red esp. On sides

• Pulse=wiry, bowstring, rapid pulse

1. 1.Liver yang rising

-yin deficiency below

      2.Liver blood    deficiency 

      3.Extreme heat

• Hemiplegia

• Deviated mouth and eyes

• Aphasia

• Tremor

• Tic

• Numbness

• Dizziness

• convulsions/paralysis

• Stems from liver and kidney yin deficiency 

• Liver blood deficiency

• Itching

• Deviation of mouth/eyes

• Aphasia 

• Convulsions 

• Headache

• Dry throat

• Poor memory

• Night sweats

• Pale pale pale pale

• Dyskinesia 

• Shaking of head/limbs

• Tremor of limbs

• Insomnia

• Scanty periods

• Tongue-pale

• Pulse-wiry/fine

• High temperatures

• In children=full potential of yang. Without enough body to contain

• In elderly= declining yang

• Liver fire may generate wind if it persists for many years

• More common in elderly

• High temperature

• Convulsions

• Rigidity of neck

• Tremors 

• Twitches

• Tic 

• numbness

Drain fire,extinguish wind

• Character of a person

• Could be the result of relationship with family

• Excess phlegm

• Chest oppression

• Stomach qi counterflow

• Vertigo

• Dizziness

• Timidity

• nervousness/anxiety

• Lack of courage

• Easily startled

• Insomnia

• Wake in fright

• Disturbing dreams

• Stores & excretes bile

• Controls decisiveness 

• Controls the Sinews

• related to the minister fire

Heart fire blazing- you would see tongue ulcers, frequent burning painful urination, palpitations

Liver fire blazing- you would see tinnitus, vertigo, burning pain in the ribside 

• red face
• thirst
• vexation/agitation/irritability
• bitter taste
• red tongue with yellow coating
• full pulse