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A 53-year-old female complains of night sweats. She also reports feeling uneasy and figety. She has a dry mouth, a flushed face, and feels heat in her palms. Her pulse is floating and rapid, and her tongue is red (redder at the tip) with no coat. You diagnose her with Heart Yin Deficiency. What point could you use to nourish yin, clear deficiency heat, and stop night sweating?
The name of HT-6 is "Yin Xi". It nourishes Heart yin and clears deficiency heat to treat night sweating. HT-7 might also be appropriate in this case, since it is the Yuan-Source point and can tonify both yin and blood.
Source: "Heart Patterns." The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, by Giovanni Maciocia, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005, p. 472. [Q44]