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Chinese patterns
Kidney and Heart not Communicating
Diagnoses

definition and etiology

» conventional diagnoses: dizziness; deafness; tinnitus; insomnia; night sweats; palpitations

» etiology: derives from chronic Xu (Deficiency) of Kidney and/or Heart Yin, esp. when accompanied by emotional patterns such as anxiety, sadness and depression; an acute development of Heart Yin Xu (Deficiency) following emotional shocks and the sadness ensuing from the breakup of relationships are a common cause of this pattern when Kidney Yin Xu (Deficiency) is already present. (Maciocia, p. 260-261)

signs and symptoms

signs and symptoms:

insomnia

night sweats

• poor memory

• mental agitation

• dizziness

• deafness

• tinnitus

palpitations

• fever or sensation of heat later in the day

• low back soreness

• dark scanty urine

» pulse: rapid, floating, empty

» tongue: red and peeled with midline crack reaching to redder tip

course and prognosis

» principle of treatment: clear Heart Xu (Deficiency) Heat; nourish Kidney and Heart Yin

differential diagnosis

footnotes