Blood deficiency fails to nourish the Shen. This syndrome is often combined with Spleen-Qi deficiency and Liver-Blood deficiency.

Symptoms

• Palpitations, tachycardia
• Anxiety
• Insomnia
• Abundant dreams
• Easily startled
• Memory loss
• Poor concentration
• Vertigo and dizziness
• Pale, lusterless face
• Discolored lips
• Pale tongue, thin coating
• Fine weak, choppy pulse.

Causes

1. Loss of Xue: hemorrhage, very heavy menstruation.
2. Insufficient production: may be due to weak SP/ST, inadequate diet. Earth fails to nourish the Blood. Weak Kidney fails to produce it.
3. Excessive pensiveness consumes Heart-Blood.

Treatment

Tonify Xue. Tonify Heart. Calm the Shen.

• BL-15; BL-17; ST-36; SP-6
• SP-10; GB-39; HT-7
• An Mien; Yin Tang
• SP-1 if excessive pensiveness.