What are the symptoms and treatment measures of internal heat

Most patients with internal heat in the body will have frequent urination, poor gastrointestinal function, indigestion, over-frequent eating, spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness, and strong climate. Severe cases will be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and physical fatigue. Patients can usually drink lotus seed soup, pork liver, and mung bean porridge to reduce internal heat and clear the lungs, and regulate the body. Because the body's heat is too high, it will cause internal heat, causing strong heart fire and body heat.

Symptoms and signs

① Symptoms of hunger, frequent urination and frequent urination. See "Lingshu?Wuxie". Volume 11 of Wai Tai Mi Yao states that this disease belongs to Zhong Xiao. "Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment" lists it as one of the spleen wasting. Wang Bing's note in Suwen·Discussion on the Abdomen: "Drinking a lot and urinating frequently is called heat in the middle." Xizhu of the Origin and Development of Miscellaneous Diseases·The Origin and Development of Three Consumptions states that heat in the middle is consumption.

② Wind evil enters the stomach and causes yellow eyes. "Suwen? Wind Theory" states: "Wind and Yangming enter the stomach, follow the meridians and go up to the inner canthus of the eye. If the person is fat, the wind cannot be released, which will cause heat in the middle and yellow eyes."

③Symptoms caused by overeating, fatigue, damage to the spleen and stomach, and excessive Qi and fire. "Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach" states that heat is the result of overeating, overwork and fatigue. Symptoms include fever and restlessness, shortness of breath, headache, or thirst, a strong and powerful pulse, and a temporary or weak pulse. The treatment should be with pungent, sweet and warm medicines to nourish the middle and raise the yang, and sweet and cold medicines to drain the fire, and use Buzhong Yiqi Decoction with modifications.

Treatment

(1): Drinking lotus seed soup to remove heart fire symptoms: 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 repeated oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and dark urine, irritability, etc. Diet therapy: 30 grams of lotus seeds (without removing the lotus core), 15 grams of cassia seeds (wrapped in gauze), add appropriate amount of rock sugar, decoct in water, eat the lotus seeds and drink the soup.

(2): Eating pig liver can remove lung fire. Symptoms: dry cough without sputum or little and sticky sputum, hot flashes, night sweats, hot palms and soles, insomnia, and red tongue. Diet therapy: 1 piece of pork liver, 30 grams of chrysanthemum (wrapped in gauze), cook until the liver is cooked, eat the liver and drink the soup.

(3): Symptoms of drinking mung bean porridge to relieve stomach fire: There are two types of symptoms: deficiency and excess. Symptoms of deficiency fire include mild cough, small appetite, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue, and little coating; symptoms of excess fire include upper abdominal discomfort, dry mouth, bitter taste, and dry and hard stools. Diet therapy: 30 grams of gypsum powder, appropriate amount of polished rice and mung beans. First boil the gypsum with water, then filter out the residue, take the clear liquid, and then add polished rice and mung beans to cook porridge.

(4): Drinking pear juice to relieve liver fire has the following symptoms: headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, and pain in the ribs. Diet therapy: Crush 10 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa into powder, peel and cut 2 pears, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, and stew it with appropriate amount of water.

(5): Eating pork kidneys can reduce kidney fire. Symptoms include: dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, soreness of the waist and spine, hot flashes, night sweats, and restlessness. Diet therapy: 2 pig kidneys, 15 grams each of wolfberry and cornus officinalis, put them into a casserole and cook until the pig kidneys are cooked, eat the pig kidneys and drink the soup.