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Chinese patterns
Heart Yin Xu (Deficiency)
acupuncture

patterns and combinations

Heart Yin Xu (Deficiency)

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principle of treatment: tonify and nourish Heart Yin; pacify the Shen; nourish Kidney Yin

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illustrative combinations:
CV-15 and CV-15 (+): pacify the Shen, with anxiety and restlessness


point analysis

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palpate and consider:
GB-20 (-): dispels Wind and Heat; awakens the Shen and clears the Brain; brightens the eyes; subdues Liver Yang and Fire to calm and regulate the Liver, esp. disperses and descends Liver Yang from the head; drains and disperses Fire of Gall Bladder; harmonizes Qi and Xue (Blood); frees the channels and invigorates the collateral vessels; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel) and Yang Qiao Mai (Yang Motility Vessel) channels on the Foot Xiao Yang (Gall Bladder) channel
UB-15 (-): pacifies Heart and the Shen; quiets the Mind and the Soul; strengthens and clears the Brain; strengthens Heart Qi and nourishes Heart Xue (Blood); disperses Yang Shi (Excess) in the Heart; clears Heart Fire; calms sexual dreaming; invigorates circulation of the Qi and Xue (Blood) and tonifies Xu (Deficiency); influences thyroid; relaxes and expands the chest, and benefits the Qi; Heart Shu Associated point
UB-23 (+): strengthens the Heart (Ross, 1985, p. 130); strengthens the Brain and Marrow; prevents or relieves general stress fatigue or premature senility (Finkelstein, p. 44); benefits the ears and brightens the eyes; strengthens Qi Hai; tonifies and adjusts the Kidney; nourishes Yin, Xue (Blood) and Kidney Jing (Essence); counterbalances Liver Fire; Kidney Shu Associated point
GB-25 (-): tonifies the Kidney; sedates Kidney Yang; influences Kidney Yin; removes Qi Stagnation; relaxes muscles, sinews and tendons; invigorates the channels; Kidney Mu Alarm point
Ht-3 (-): quiets the Shen and Soul; enhances stability with nervous exhaustion; clears Heat; regulates the Heart Qi; removes Obstructions from the channels; relaxes the muscles and sinews; invigorates the collateral vessels; Heart He Sea Uniting and Water point; Joy of Life point (Finkelstein, p. 32)
Ht-6 (+): nourishes Heart Yin; pacifies the Shen; transforms Heart Phlegm; clears Xu (Deficiency) Heat, esp. from Heart; clears Fire from the Heart; stops sweating, esp. night sweats; eliminates itching; Heart Xi Cleft Accumulation point
Ht-7 (+): tonifies Heart Xue (Blood) and Heart Yin; pacifies the Shen; opens the Orifices; stabilizes the Exterior and stops sweating, esp. night sweats; calms the Heart; relieves palpitations, insomnia and fear; lowers blood pressure and reduces irritability of cortex (Finkelstein, p. 33); general sedative and regulating effect on the inner organs; clears Heat of Heart; frees the channels; Heart Yuan Source, Earth and Dispersion point
Ht-8 (-): pacifies Heart Fire; pacifies the Shen; strengthens the Heart and regulates Heart Qi; treats Heart Shi (Excess) patterns; clears Heart Fire and Empty Heat; clears Heart Phlegm Fire; regulates flow of Qi; facilitates the flow of Xue (Blood) through the vessels; Heart Fire and Horary point
PC-6 (=): quiets the Heart; pacifies the Shen; opens the chest; builds Zhong (Ancestral) Qi in the chest; harmonizes and regulates Middle and Upper Warmers; spreads the Qi in the Upper and Middle Warmers; regulates Heart Qi and Xue (Blood); regulates blood pressure and reestablishes the pulse; improves circulation of Xue (Blood) Yin of the Heart thus countering Yang of the Heart (Finkelstein, p. 58); opens the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel) to distribute Qi to the Stomach, chest and Heart; Pericardium Luo Connecting point; Master point of the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel); Couple point of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel)
CV-15 (+): pacify the Shen, esp. CV-14 with anxiety and restlessness; clears Heat and extinguishes Wind; pacifies the Shen; stimulates pituitary (Finkelstein, p. 91); promotes flow of Qi; benefits Yuan (Original) Qi; nourishes all Yin organs; relaxes the chest; transforms Phlegm and sedates cough; regulates the Stomach; brings down Rebellious Qi; Luo Connecting point of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) with the Du Mai (Governing Vessel); Source point of the five Zang (Yin viscera); a network of small channels juts out into the abdominal wall from CV-15 (Finkelstein, p. 91)
CV-14 (+): clears the Heart and stabilizes the Shen; regulates and invigorates the Qi; expands and clears the chest; acts on the nervous system and brain through the solar plexus (Finkelstein, p. 90); releases tension throughout whole body (Finkelstein, p. 90); Mu Alarm point of the Xin (Heart); Heart Qi enters the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) here (Finkelstein, p. 90)
CV-4 (+): tonifies Yin; grounds the Shen when there is Empty-Heat (Maciocia, p. 207); pacifies the Shen; regulates the Qi and benefits Yuan (Original) Qi; nourishes Xue (Blood) and Yin; regulates and reinforces the Qi of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); nourishes and stabilizes the Kidney; Small Intestine Mu Alarm point
Sp-6 (+): pacifies the Shen; nourishes Yin, esp. of the Spleen, Liver and Kidney; disperses Heart Fire; clears Fire due to Xu (Deficiency); nourishes and moves the Xue (Blood); frees Qi Stagnation; tonifies the Kidney; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the three Foot Yin channels
Kd-10 (-): tonifies Kidney (especially Yin and Qi); dispels Heat; Kidney He Sea Uniting, Water and Horary point
Kd-7 (+): clears Heat and nourishes Yin; tonifies Kidney (esp. Yang); tonifies Yuan (Original) Qi; strengthens and enriches the Kidney; moistens dryness; regulates the pores and sweating; disperses Stagnation; Kidney Metal and Tonification point
Kd-6 (+): tonifies Kidney Yin; promotes sleep; pacifies the Shen and stabilizes the Will; nourishes the Heart; cools and clears Heat; clears Xu (Deficiency) Fire; opens the Yin Qiao Mai (Yin Motility Vessel) and regulates the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); brightens the eyes and sends Zhong (Ancestral) Qi to the eyes via the Yin Qiao Mai (Yin Motility Vessel); tonifies Kidney (especially Yin); moistens dryness; Master point and Entry point of the Yin Qiao Mai (Yin Motility Vessel); Couple point of Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)


footnotes

Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.

Reprinted from Zang Fu: The Organ Systems of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ross, Jeremy, 2nd ed, p. 75, 1985, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.