What symptom is internal heat?

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Internal heat is also called internal fire, which is the name of TCM syndrome. It is also called "fiery endogenesis". It refers to the heat of yin and Yang in the internal organs. It is advisable to distinguish between the virtual and the real. The common symptoms were fever in the chest, hot flashes in the afternoon, five heart fever, bitter mouth, red skin, etc. There are Yang deficiency and yin deficiency, as described in Volume I of miscellaneous works of Ming medicine: "internal injury and fever are caused by Yang Qi's self injury, which can't be increased, and internal heat is caused by lowering Yin, which is also Yang deficiency, so its pulse is large and weak, belonging to the lung and spleen; Yin deficiency fever is due to Yin blood self injury, which can't make fire. Yang Qi rises and becomes internal heat, which is also due to Yang excess. Therefore, its pulse number is weak, which belongs to heart and kidney. What symptom is internal heat? Let's talk about it

What symptom is internal heat?

The fever caused by "real fire" can be systemic or local. Systemic fever is often manifested as the rise of body temperature. For example, hyperthyroidism in modern medicine belongs to the category of "solid fire (heat)" in "internal fire (heat)" of traditional Chinese medicine.

Local fever, such as burning sensation in the epigastric region, heat sensation in the heart fossa region, heat sensation in the head and face, heat sensation in the urethra when urinating, heat sensation in the anus when defecating, etc., is caused by excessive heat accumulation in a certain viscera.

In addition to fever, solid fire (heat) often has various symptoms of excessive metabolism, such as red face, palpitation, upset, thirst, like to drink cold things, dry stool, yellow and red urine, eating too much, irritable temper, emaciation and so on. There are many reasons for "real fire (heat)", the most important one is the hyperactivity of Yuanyang's movement and warm function, which leads to excessive metabolic activity of various tissues and organs of the human body and produces various symptoms.

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