» conventional diagnoses: anxiety neurosis; depressive neurosis; extreme malnutrition; anemia; hypertension; hyperthyroidism; tachycardia; arrhythmia; kidney failure
» etiology: long-standing anxiety, worry and excessively busy lifestyle combined with deep emotional problems and anxiety; attack of exterior Heat consuming the Body fluids and exhausting the Yin (Maciocia, p. 207)
signs and symptoms
» signs and symptoms:
mental restlessness
agitated manner
anxiety
irritability
feeling of unease
forgetfulness
low-grade fever or feeling of heat, esp. in afternoon or evening
insomnia
difficulty staying asleep
dream-disturbed sleep
night sweats
dry mouth and throat
malar flush
palpitations
warm palms and soles
» pulse: thin and fast or floating-empty and fast
» tongue: dry and red, usually with no coating; tip redder and swollen with red points; deep midline crack reaching the tip (Maciocia, p. 206)
course and prognosis
» principle of treatment: tonify and nourish Heart Yin; pacify the Shen; nourish Kidney Yin
differential diagnosis
footnotes