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A 44-year-old male is experiencing sadness and grief after a death in the family. He has been feeling tired, depressed, short of breath, and experiences occasional light palpitations. The tongue is pale, and the pulse is deficient and irregular (i.e. it skips a beat). You diagnose him with Heart Qi Deficiency. What point could you use to tonify Heart qi, regulate Heart rhythm, and calm shen?
While we normally associate sadness and grief with the Lung, these emotions can also lead to Heart Qi Deficiency. According to Deadman, HT-5 regulates Heart qi and regulates Heart rhythm. According to Macciocia, HT-5 tonifies Heart qi.
Source: "Heart Patterns." The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, by Giovanni Maciocia, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005, p. 465. [Q46]