What are the symptoms of excessive heart fire

Most patients with excessive heart fire often feel physical discomfort, such as fever, thirst, irritability, insomnia, constipation, yellow urine, and ruddy complexion. Generally, most people with excessive heart fire are in a bad mood, and feel difficulty urinating because of the fire. They drink a lot of water, but still feel thirsty frequently. This is a problem that requires special attention.

Etiology and pathogenesis

This disease is mostly caused by depression of emotions turning into fire; or internal invasion of fire-evil; or excessive consumption of spicy, stimulating, warm and tonic foods, which accumulate and turn into fire for a long time and burn the heart.

Clinical manifestations

Fever, thirst, irritability, insomnia, constipation, yellow urine, flushed face, red tip of tongue, yellow tongue coating, and strong and rapid pulse. Or there may be sores, ulcers and pain in the mouth and tongue; or short, red urine, burning and painful urine; or vomiting blood, nosebleeds; or mania, delirium and confusion.

Treating symptoms according to syndrome differentiation

1. Heart fire rising

Symptoms: fever, thirst, irritability, insomnia, constipation, yellow urine, flushed face, sores, ulcers and pain in the mouth and tongue, red tip of the tongue, yellow tongue coating, and strong and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: clear away heat and reduce fire.

Prescription: Xiexin Decoction combined with Liangge Powder

2. Heart fire moves downward

Symptoms: fever, thirst, irritability, insomnia, constipation, yellow urine, flushed face. Due to the raging fire in the heart, the body fluids are burned, resulting in less urine and red urine, burning and painful urination, red tip of the tongue, yellow tongue coating, and a rapid and strong pulse.

Treatment method: Nourish yin, clear fire and promote diuresis.

Prescription: Daochi Powder

3. Heart fire forces blood to flow

Patients with prominent symptoms such as fever, thirst, irritability, insomnia, constipation, yellow urine, flushed face, vomiting blood, and epistaxis have a red tip of the tongue, yellow tongue coating, and a strong and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: clear away heat and remove dampness.

Prescription: Xiaoji Yinzi

4. Heat disturbs the mind/heat blocks the mind

The main symptoms are fever, thirst, irritability, insomnia, constipation, yellow urine, flushed face, mania, delirium, and confusion, with a red tip of the tongue, yellow tongue coating, and a strong and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: clear away heat and open and close.

Prescription: Angong Niuhuang Pills

Preventive care

1. Emotions

Keep your mood happy and avoid extreme mood swings.

2. Diet

(1) Mung bean: It tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It can relieve summer heat, eliminate irritability and heat, and has the effect of detoxification. It can be used to make soup, porridge or mung bean cake. But be careful not to take it together with traditional Chinese medicine.

(2) Water chestnut: It tastes sweet and is slightly cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving thirst and reducing phlegm. It is suitable for patients with fever, irritability, thirst, sore throat, mouth ulcers, dry stool and yellow urine. It can be eaten raw or cooked, or it can be mashed into juice and taken cold. It is especially good for sore throats.

(3) Lotus seed soup: 30g lotus seeds (without removing the lotus core), 15g cassia bark (wrapped in gauze), add appropriate amount of rock sugar, boil in water, eat the lotus seeds and drink the soup.

(4) Avoid spicy and greasy food, and quit smoking and drinking.