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Heart meridian

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Heart meridian

Heart 1

Pain

  • Chest pain
  • Pain of the axilla
  • Cold and pain of the elbow and arm

Affecting movement

  • Inability to raise the shoulder
  • Loss of use of the four limbs

Neurological

  • Numbness and painful obstruction of the upper limb

Affecting temperature

  • Cold and pain of the elbow and arm

Obstruction

  • Numbness and painful obstruction of the upper limb

Color and swelling

  • Scrofula

Pathology

  • Scrofula

Lung and airway related problems

  • Shortness of breath

Heart

  • Palpitations

Psycho-emotional

  • Sadness and anxiety
  • Agitations with thirst and dry throat

Eyes

  • Yellow eyes

Heart 2

Pain

  • Pain and redness of the shoulder
  • Pain of the axilla
  • Pain of the lateral costal region
  • Headache with cold shivering

Affecting movement

  • Inability to raise the shoulder and arm

Affecting temperature

  • Headache with cold shivering

Color and swelling

  • Scrofula
  • Swelling

Pathology

  • Scrofula

Eyes

  • Yellow eyes

Heart 3

Pain

  • Pain of the axilla and lateral costal region
  • Headache
  • Toothache accompanied by chills and fever
  • Swelling and pain of the elbow joint

Affecting movement

  • Tongue thrusting
  • Trembling of the hand and arm
  • Inability to raise the four limbs
  • Flaccidity of the elbow
  • Inability to turn the neck

Neurological

  • Numbness of the upper limb
  • Epilepsy

Affecting temperature

  • Toothache accompanied by chills and fever

Color and swelling

  • Scrofula
  • Erosion and swelling of the gums
  • Swelling and pain of the elbow joint

Pathology

  • Epilepsy
  • Scrofula

Psycho-emotional

  • Mania and laughter

Behavioral

  • Poor memory

Eyes

  • Red eyes
  • Visual dizziness

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Tongue thrusting
  • Toothache accompanied by chills and fever
  • Erosion and swelling of the gums

Vomiting

  • Vomiting of foamy saliva

Dizziness

  • Visual dizziness

Heart 4

Pain

  • Swelling and pain of the fingers

Affecting movement

  • Clonic spasm
  • Contraction of the elbow and arm
  • Itching of the arm

Neurological

  • Clonic spasm
  • Itching of the hand

Affecting temperature

  • Cold bones and marrow

Psycho-emotional

  • Sadness and fear

Eyes

  • Redness and swelling of the eyes

Throat

  • Throat abscess

Speech

  • Sudden loss of voice

Vomiting

  • Retching

Heart 5

Pain

  • Eye pain
  • Headache and dizziness
  • Pain and heaviness of the wrist and elbow
  • Pain of the elbow and upper arm

Affecting movement

  • Frequent yawning and groaning with sadness
  • Stiffness of the tongue
  • Pain and heaviness of the wrist and elbow
  • Contraction of the fingers
  • Paralysis of the four limbs

Obstruction

  • Throat painful obstruction

Heart

  • Frequent vexation with burning sensation of the heart
  • Palpitations
  • Fright palpitations
  • Pounding of the heart
  • Disorders of the heart rhythm

Psycho-emotional

  • Frequent yawning and groaning with sadness
  • Vexation and anger
  • Sadness and fright
  • Depressive disorder
  • Frequent vexation with burning sensation of the heart
  • Fright palpitations
  • Pounding of the heart

Eyes

  • Eye pain
  • Visual dizziness

Face

  • Red face with absence of sweating

Throat

  • Throat painful obstruction

Speech

  • Sudden loss of voice
  • Inability to speak
  • Stuttering
  • Stiffness of the tongue

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

  • Heavy menstrual bleeding
  • Profuse uterine bleeding
  • Repeated inability to control urination

Vomiting

  • Bitter vomiting

Dizziness

  • Visual dizziness
  • Headache and dizziness

Heart 6

Heart

  • Palpitations
  • Fright palpitations

Neurological

  • Epilepsy

Pathology

  • Epilepsy

Psycho-emotional

  • Unbearable stabbing pain of the heart
  • Fright palpitations
  • Fright

Energy and sleep

  • Night sweating

Nose

  • Nosebleed

Speech

  • Loss of voice

Vomiting

  • Vomiting blood

Heart 7

Pain

  • Pain lateral costal region

Affecting temperature

  • Heat in the palms
  • Dyspnea with heat in the body
  • Cold shivering

Obstruction

  • Throat painful obstruction

Lung and airway related problems

  • Dyspnea with heat in the body
  • Shortness of breath

Heart

  • Palpitations
  • Fright palpitations

Psycho-emotional

  • Mania-depression
  • Desire to laugh
  • Mad laughter
  • Insulting people
  • Sadness
  • Fear and fright
  • Agitation of the heart
  • Fright palpitations
  • Pounding of the heart

Energy and sleep

  • Insomnia
  • Frequent talking during sleep

Eyes

  • Yellow eyes

Face

  • Red face

Throat

  • Throat painful obstruction
  • Dry throat with no desire to drink

Speech

  • Loss of voice

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

  • Repeated inability to control urination

Other symptoms

  • Spitting blood
  • Poor memory

 

Heart 8

Pain

  • Chest pain
  • Pain of the genitals
  • Throat pain
  • Pain of the arm

Affecting movement

  • Stiffness of the tongue
  • Contraction of the little finger or hand
  • Contraction of the elbow and axilla

Neurological

  • Epilepsy

Affecting temperature

  • Cold shivering
  • Heat of the palms

Pathology

  • Epilepsy
  • Chronic malaria

Heart

  • Palpitations
  • Fright palpitations

Psycho-emotional

  • Fright palpitations
  • Sadness and worry
  • Fear
  • Fear of people
  • Excessive sighing
  • Agitation and fullness

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Stiffness of the tongue

Throat

  • Throat pain

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

  • Itching of the genitals
  • Pain of the genitals
  • Difficult urination
  • Repeated inability to control urination
  • Prolapse of the uterus

Heart 9

Pain

  • Pain of the chest and lateral costal region
  • Pain at the root of the tongue
  • Pain of the eyes
  • Pain of the arm
  • Pain of the palm that radiates to the elbow, axilla and chest

Affecting movement

  • Tongue thrusting
  • Contraction of the hand
  • Inability to extend the elbow
  • Excessive sighing

Neurological

  • Epilepsy

Affecting temperature

  • Heat in the mouth
  • Heat in the body like fire
  • Febrile disease with agitation and restlessness

Skin

  • Jaundice

Pathology

  • Epilepsy
  • Malaria

Heart

  • Palpitations
  • Pounding of the heart

Psycho-emotional

  • Pounding of the heart
  • Mania-depression
  • Fright epilepsy
  • Excessive sighing
  • Fright and sadness with diminished energy

Eyes

  • Pain of the eyes
  • Red eyes
  • Yellow eyes

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Pain at the root of the tongue
  • Swollen tongue
  • Tongue thrusting
  • Heat in the mouth

Throat

  • Throat painful obstruction
  • Dry throat

Other symptoms

  • Loss of consciousness