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Pattern脏腑辨证

心肾阳虚证

Xīn Shèn Yáng Xū Zhèng

Heart-Kidney Yang Vacuity Pattern

Treatment Principle

温补心肾阳气

Warm and supplement Heart-Kidney yang qi

Cardinal Symptoms · 主症

palpitations and fearful throbbing
physical cold with cold limbs
scanty urine with edema
pale white or dark dusky complexion

Secondary Symptoms · 次症

cyanotic lips and nails
profuse sweating
shortness of breath and dyspnea

Etiology · 病因

Prolonged illness damaging yang; Heart and Kidney yang qi are severely depleted.

Pathomechanism · 病机

Heart-Kidney yang declines; water qi intimidates the Heart.

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@misc{bencaodian-xin-shen-yang-xu,
  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Xīn Shèn Yáng Xū Zhèng 心肾阳虚证 (Heart-Kidney Yang Vacuity Pattern)},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/patterns/xin-shen-yang-xu},
  urldate      = {2026-04-17},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}

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