Yin Fire and PWC's

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In a message dated 05/08/2001 1:50:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

victoria_dragon writes:

 

<< I don't know if a redder tip is showing up in PWCs in which the Kidney Yin

Deficiency problems predominate.

 

I have a red tipped pale tongue (edges are red also in spots that correspond

with my teeth). Liver area is VERY pale and sort of greyish ... center is

dark grey and sunken (tongue swollen around it). I assume the grey is a

stagnation and swelling is retention of Damp from deficiency?? Kidney Yin

deficiency predominates ... but I must say ... they are close (both

apparently quite deficient), I usually feel like a yo-yo.

 

<< From early on when I discovered TCM, I was wondering why is there Heat in

my

Lungs and Heart when everything else is so extremely Cold? The concept of

Yin Fire provides some possible insights into this. >>

 

I would like to try to understand Yin Fire better myself also. My worst heat

always seems to be in the Stomach and Lungs but the Heart is quite variable.

Interestingly, even with the red tip, more often than not ... my symptoms

suggest cold in the Heart. Naturally it depends on what foods and herbs I

take, but I seem to have to warm and moisten the Heart with Blood tonics.

Dry and warm aggravates the heat yet cool and moist is far worse for me. Too

bad I can't digest cooked rehmannia! I believe that this is one reason that

I like cinnamon so much. It warms Heart Yang and even though drying it has a

sweet property to it that seems to agree with me. I just have to be careful

not to take too much. Zyzyphus is very good also. It's one of those more

neutral herbs that you mentioned Victoria in an earlier post. Most of the

other Heart Blood tonics create too much heat for me.

 

Lynn