» conventional diagnoses: neurosis; general asthenia; heart disease; cardiac insufficiency; angina pectoris; arrhythmias
» etiology: blood loss; emotional problems, particularly sadness
signs and symptoms
signs and symptoms:
lethargy
spontaneous sweating
palpitations
shortness of breath which is aggravated by exertion
» pulse: empty; thready, weak, possibly irregular; in severe cases Heart pulse position may feel slightly overflowing and empty (Maciocia, p. 202)
» tongue: pale or normal; severe cases may display midline crack reaching tip with swelling on each side
course and prognosis
» principle of treatment: tonify Heart Qi
differential diagnosis
footnotes