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Mental-Emotional Problems: Heart-Yin Deficiency-Male, Age 35

A 35-year-old man presented with insomnia (waking up during the night), slight anxiety,
depression, lack of concentration, numbness of the hands at night, a dry mouth, a feeling of heat
in the evening and palpitations.

His eyes lacked glitter and were unstable, his tongue was Red, with a Heart crack and without
enough coating (Plate 9.8(273)), and his pulse was Rapid and Moving.

Diagnosis The pattern is Heart-Yin deficiency and his eyes and pulse (Moving
quality) clearly point to shock as the cause of the disease. When asked
about it, he confirmed that he had suffered a tremendous shock when his
brother was murdered a few years before.

Treatment principle Nourish the Heart, tonify Yin, open the Heart's orifices and calm the
Mind. It is necessary to open the Heart's orifices as shock "closes" the
Heart.

Acupuncture The main points used (with reinforcing method) were:

HE-7 Shenmen, SP-6 Sanyinjiao and Ren-14 Juque to nourish the Heart

and calm the Mind.

Ren-15 Jiuwei and BL-15 Xinshu to open the Heart's orifices.

Ren-4 Guanyuan to nourish Yin and root the Mind.

Herbal treatment The formula used was a variation of Mai Wei Di Huang Wan

Ophiopogon-Schisandra-Rehmannia Pill:

Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata 12 g

Ren Shen Radix Ginseng 6 g

Ze Xie Rhizoma Alismatis orientalis 6 g

Fu Shen Sclerotium Poriae cocos pararadicis 6 g

Mai Men Dong Tuber Ophiopogonis japonici 9 g

Wu Wei Zi Fructus Schisandrae chinensis 6 g

Yuan Zhi Radix Polygalae tenuifoliae 6 g

Shi Chang Pu Rhizoma Acori graminei 6 g

Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata 3 g

Explanation The original formula nourishes Lung- and Kidney-Yin but, modified as
above, it can nourish Heart-Yin and calm the Mind.

Shu Di, besides tonifying the Kidneys also enters the Heart and

therefore settles the Mind.