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chinese medicine models
Heart ~ Xin
psychospiritual approaches

definition

Heart ~ Xin houses the Shen (Spirit/Mind) and reveals itself through the brightness in the eyes; governs Fire and Heat; rules the Xue (Blood) and its vessels and directs the circulation; opens into the tongue and controls speech; and relates to the integration of the organs and the personality.
» Healthy expressions are warmth, vitality, excitement, inner peace, love and joy.
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Heart Xu (Deficiency) signs include sadness; absence of laughter; depression; fear; anxiety; shortness of breath (Seem, p. 28); cold feeling in the chest and limbs; palpitations; cold sweat; inability to speak; memory failure; nocturnal emissions; and restless sleep. Chronic Yin Xu (Deficiency) predisposes to Empty Fire, acute and chronic.
» Heart Shi (Excess) signs include false or facile laughter; sobbing; agitated spirit; insomnia (Seem, p. 28); frightful dreams; anxiety; tongue feels numb and heavy; heavy chest; hot sweat; and orange colored urine.
» The Heart is the Emperor of the bodily realm so that when the Heart is disturbed all the other organs will be disrupted.
» Mental signs of Heart channel disorders include insomnia, anxiety, and all Shen disturbances. (Seem, p. 28)

dreams:
When the Heart is weak, one dreams of fires; during the summer one dreams of volcanic eruptions.
When the Heart is weak, one dreams of mountains, fire and smoke.
When the Heart is in excess, one dreams of laughing.
(from "Spiritual Axis" as translated in Maciocia, p. 75)



footnotes

Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, p. 75, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.