Key Insight
Excess Yang, Very Stuck, emotional stress
Physical connection
Excessive SNS
Physical Symptom
Illnesses
fever, thirst, red face, red eyes, red skin, red tongue, redness, constipation, scanty-dark urine, rapid-full pulse, acute illness, a feeling of heat, mental restlessness, red face, dry stools, Red tongue with yellow coating (Internal Full-Heat)
Psych (excess)
Psych (deficient)
Related Principle
More specific principle
Type
Specifics
Lesson
Look for
fever, thirst, red colour (face, eyes, skin, tongue, etc.), constipation, scanty- dark urine, and a rapid-full pulse
Questions to ask
Pulse position
Excess Heat represents an excess of Yang (there is too much actual heat) and is characterised by fever, thirst, red colour (face, eyes, skin, tongue, etc.), constipation, scanty- dark urine, and a rapid-full pulse.
This is usually seen in an acute illness, like flu, but can also be caused by stagnation patterns. One example of a stagnation pattern is a person who is very stuck, and frustrated that gets angry regularly. Often they have a red face and feel hot.
Full-Heat causes severe mental restlessness, agitation, anxiety, insomnia with agitated sleep
Empty-Heat causes a vague mental restlessness that is worse in the evening, an anxiety with Fidgeting, and waking up frequently during the night
| Empty-Heat | Full-Heat | |
|---|---|---|
Desire to drink in small sips | Desire to drink cold water | |
Low-grade fever in the afternoon | High fever | |
Dry stools, no abdominal pain | Constipation, abdominal pain | |
Scarlet-red, not raised painless skin eruptions | Red, hot painful skin eruptions | |
Malar flush | Whole face red | |
Red and Peeled | Red with yellow coating | |
Waking up frequently during the night or early morning | Dream-disturbed, very restless | |
Vague anxiety, fidgeting | Very restless and agitated | |
Slight | Profuse | |
No bitter taste | Bitter taste | |
In the afternoon or evening | All day | |
Nourish Yin, clear Empty-Heat | Clear Heat | |
Thin red line inside eyelid | Red all over inside eyelid | |
Floating-Empty, Rapid | Full-Rapid-Overflowing |