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Pattern脏腑辨证

心火亢盛证

Xīn Huǒ Kàng Shèng Zhèng

Heart Fire Blazing Pattern

Treatment Principle

清心泻火

Clear the Heart and drain fire

Cardinal Symptoms · 主症

vexation and insomnia
mouth and tongue sores
flushed face and thirst
scant dark urine with burning sensation

Secondary Symptoms · 次症

pain at the tongue tip
hematemesis or epistaxis

Etiology · 病因

The five affects transforming into fire, or excessive consumption of acrid-hot foods.

Pathomechanism · 病机

Heart fire blazes internally, disturbing the Heart spirit and scorching the blood network vessels.

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@misc{bencaodian-xin-huo-kang-sheng,
  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Xīn Huǒ Kàng Shèng Zhèng 心火亢盛证 (Heart Fire Blazing Pattern)},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/patterns/xin-huo-kang-sheng},
  urldate      = {2026-04-17},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}

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