From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, where is your fire?

It is very easy to get angry in the summer, but the symptoms will be different depending on the part of the body where the fire occurs, and the treatment methods will also be different. How can you determine where you are suffering from heat in your body? Traditional Chinese medicine can give you some advice.
Organ dysfunction, excessive mental stimulation and irregular lifestyle can also cause getting angry. Heat can be divided into external fire and internal fire. For example, fever and sore throat when you have a cold are caused by external fire. The endogenous fire is caused by the seven emotions. Traditional Chinese medicine divides internal fire into several types: heart fire, lung fire, stomach fire, liver fire and kidney fire.

Heart fire: There are two types: deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is manifested by low fever, night sweats, irritability, dry mouth, etc.; excess fire is manifested by recurrent oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, irritability, etc.
Lung fire: The main manifestations are dry cough without sputum, blood in sputum, sore throat, hoarseness, hot flashes and night sweats, etc.
Stomach fire: There are two types: deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is manifested by a slight cough, small amount of food intake, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue and little coating; excess fire is manifested by upper abdominal discomfort, dry and bitter mouth, and dry and hard stools.
Liver fire: manifested as headache, flushed face and eyes, dry mouth and sore throat, pain in the ribs, yellow urine and constipation, and even vomiting blood.
Kidney fire: The main symptoms are dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, hair loss, loose teeth, restless sleep, fever in the five parts of the body, weight loss, pain in the waist and legs, etc. Fire can be divided into real fire and false fire. Real fire refers to the syndrome of real heat caused by excessive yang heat. Liver, gallbladder, and gastrointestinal fire are the most common. Symptoms include high fever, headache, red eyes, thirst for cold drinks, irritability, abdominal distension and pain, constipation, yellow urine, red tongue with yellow and dry coating or thorns, rapid and strong pulse, and even vomiting blood, nose bleeding, etc.

In treatment, it is advisable to adopt the principles and methods of controlling fire with bitter and cold herbs, clearing away heat and detoxifying, and purging the solid and eliminating fire. Virtual fire is mostly caused by internal injuries and overwork. For example, long-term illness can cause the depletion of refined energy and excessive overwork, which can lead to internal organ disorders and weakness, which can cause internal heat, and internal heat can turn into virtual fire. According to the pathogenesis of different, generally further divided into two kinds of symptoms: Yin deficiency fire and Qi deficiency fire. Wang are more manifestations for the whole body hot flashes, night sweats, emaciation, dry mouth and throat, five upset hot, irritability, red tongue without coating, pulse breakdown. The principles of treatment should be to promote the production of body fluids and nourish blood, nourish yin and reduce fire. Qi deficiency and fire-wang performance performance body hot, why before noon, fear of the wind chills, fear of the wind, joy of heat and cold, tired body weakness, shortness of breath, disinclination to talk, spontaneous endless, clear urine, loose stools, weak pulse large, pale tongue, thin. The principles of treatment should be to tonify the middle and replenish qi, strengthen the kidney and invigorate yang, and use sweet and warm methods to eliminate heat.

It is very important to analyze the deficiency or excess of the internal heat and prescribe targeted medication. In addition, some foods that reduce heat can also be tried, but they also need to be targeted. For example, drinking lotus seed soup can remove heart fire, eating pork liver can remove lung fire, drinking mung bean porridge can remove stomach fire, drinking pear juice can remove liver fire, and eating pork kidneys can remove kidney fire.

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