What are the symptoms of heart yin deficiency?

Heart Yin deficiency is a very common disease, which can cause a variety of diseases in severe cases. Common symptoms of patients with heart Yin deficiency are palpitations, dizziness, and hot flashes. If these symptoms occur, in order to ensure the health of the body, people should pay more attention, adjust their condition in time, and rationally use Chinese medicine and diet therapy to nourish the heart Yin and clear the heart and calm the mind.

1. Symptoms of Heart Yin Deficiency

Heart Yin deficiency refers to a series of symptoms and signs caused by the deficiency of Yin fluid in the heart, which cannot nourish the heart. Common symptoms of heart yin deficiency include palpitations, insomnia, frequent dreams, dizziness, irritability, hot hands and feet, or mouth and tongue ulcers, red cheeks, hot flashes and night sweats, dry mouth and throat, and red tongue with little fluid.

2. Etiology and pathogenesis of heart yin deficiency

The heart is responsible for the normal circulation of blood and a person's mental consciousness and thinking activities, and it cannot do without the nourishment of yin fluid. If the heart yin is insufficient, the heart will lose nourishment, which will inevitably lead to internal movement of virtual fire and disturb the mind. The uneasy mind will cause symptoms such as insomnia, nightmares, irritability, and palpitations. Due to the loss of Yin fluid, the whole body cannot be nourished, and symptoms of Yin deficiency and fire such as dry mouth and throat, constipation, and dry and red tongue will appear.

3. Causes of Heart Yin Deficiency:

1. Long-term illness. Long-term illness that does not heal will greatly deplete the yin fluid, especially febrile diseases.

2. Overthinking. Excessive thinking can consume the heart and blood, and distract the spirit.

3. Feeling emotionally depressed or frequently getting angry. An unhappy mood will inevitably lead to the generation of internal heart fire and consumption of heart yin.

4. Insufficient kidney yin. Due to deficiency of kidney yin, kidney water is insufficient to restrain heart fire, which will consume the heart's yin fluid and make the heart fire hyperactive.

4. Treatment of Heart Yin Deficiency

For those with insufficient heart yin, the main treatment should be to nourish the heart yin, clear the heart and calm the mind. Since the heart yin relies on the nourishment of the kidney water, when treating heart yin deficiency, drugs that nourish the kidney yin should also be used. In terms of medicine, it is advisable to use raw Rehmannia root, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Ophiopogon japonicus, donkey-hide gelatin, etc. to nourish the heart yin; in terms of diet, you can choose foods such as wheat, lily, honey, eggs, japonica rice, oyster meat, etc. to nourish the heart and calm the mind.

Chinese medicine conditioning method

1. Tianwang Buxin Dan

Indications and functions: Nourishes yin and blood, nourishes the heart and calms the mind. It is suitable for insomnia, nocturnal emission, palpitations, forgetfulness and other symptoms caused by heart and kidney deficiency, yin deficiency and fire movement.

2. Anshen Buxin Pills

Indications and functions: Nourishes the heart and calms the mind. It is suitable for palpitations, insomnia, dizziness and tinnitus caused by insufficient yin and blood.

3. Huanglian Ejiao Soup

Indications and functions: Nourishes yin and reduces fire, calms the mind. It is suitable for heart and kidney deficiency, severe yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, restlessness and insomnia, red tongue with dry coating, and thin and rapid pulse.

Dietary conditioning

1. Wheat and glutinous rice porridge

Recipe composition: 50 grams of wheat, 100 grams of japonica rice, and 15 grams of jujube.

Preparation method: Wash the wheat. Put it in a pot and boil for 40 minutes, then remove the wheat, add the washed japonica rice and jujube, boil it over high heat first, then turn to low heat and boil for 30 minutes, until the rice is cooked.

Dosage and Administration: Take warm in the morning and evening.

Indications and functions: Nourishes the heart and calms the mind, replenishes deficiency and stops sweating. It is suitable for palpitations, insomnia, nightmares caused by deficiency of heart qi and yin, as well as mental confusion, grief and crying caused by deficiency of heart and liver yin.

2. Lily porridge

Recipe composition: 30 grams of lily, 100 grams of polished rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Preparation method : Wash the lilies and the rice, put them into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, then simmer until it becomes porridge, and add sugar.

Dosage and administration: Take all at once.

Indications and functions: Nourishes yin fluid, nourishes the heart and lungs, calms the mind and relieves cough. It is suitable for insomnia, irritability, mental unrest, palpitations and other symptoms caused by heart yin deficiency and dry cough and hemoptysis caused by lung yin deficiency.

3. Longan meat porridge

Recipe composition: 15 grams of longan pulp, 60 grams of polished rice, and 3 to 5 dates.

Preparation method: Wash the polished rice, longan meat and jujube separately, add appropriate amount of water, and cook them together into porridge.

Dosage and Administration: Take once in the morning and evening. But the dosage should not be too large and it must be taken hot.

Indications and functions: Nourishes the heart and calms the mind, strengthens the spleen and replenishes blood. It is suitable for palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness, anemia, spleen deficiency diarrhea, edema, physical weakness, neurasthenia, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, etc. caused by insufficient heart blood.

4. Jujube kernel porridge

Recipe composition: 50 grams of Chinese jujube kernel and 100 grams of polished rice.

Preparation method: Fry the sour jujube kernels and put them into the pot. Add appropriate amount of water, boil it, and take the medicinal liquid for later use. Wash the japonica rice, put it into a pot, pour in the medicinal liquid and boil until the rice is cooked.

Dosage and administration: 3 times a day, 1 small bowl each time.

Indications and functions: Nourishing yin, nourishing the heart, and calming the mind. It is suitable for symptoms of restlessness and insomnia caused by deficiency of both heart and spleen.

5. Roasted Lamb Heart with Rose

Recipe composition: 15 grams of rose (dried), 50 grams of sheep heart, and appropriate amount of salt.

Preparation method: Put rose flowers into a pot, add salt, boil for 10 minutes, and let it cool for later use. Wash the sheep heart. Cut into small pieces, string them on skewers, dip them in rose salt water while grilling, and grill them repeatedly over an open flame until they are cooked through and slightly tender.

Dosage and Administration: Take with meals.

Indications and functions: Nourishes the heart, calms the mind, and relieves depression. It is suitable for symptoms such as deficiency of heart blood, palpitations, insomnia, depression, etc.