Heart Channel
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A 36-year-old male complains of severe anxiety. He also reports insomnia with dream-disturbed sleep, mouth ulcers, and dark reddish urine. His tongue is red and swollen with a yellow coat; his pulse is full and rapid. You diagnose him with Heart Fire. What point could you use to clear Heart heat?
HT-8 in the Ying-Spring and Fire point on the Heart channel, so it is especially useful for clearing heat. HT-9 might also be appropriate, because it clears heat quickly.
Source: "Heart Patterns." The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, by Giovanni Maciocia, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005, p. 474. [Q45]