Deficiency fire or real fire is mostly judged from the clinical symptoms, tongue, pulse, etc.
1. Clinical manifestations: Deficiency fire is generally due to yin deficiency and fire, patients in addition to the fire manifestations, but also accompanied by the clinical manifestations of deficiency heat, such as zygomatic red (cheeks zygomatic bone part of the color of the red), hot flashes, night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, waking up sweating to stop), and at the same time more accompanied by bleeding gums, swollen and painful gums and other manifestations.
Solid fire is generally based on solid evidence, such as sweating, thirst, like cold drinks, red face, red eyes, constipation, urination (urine is small, dark yellow color) and other clinical manifestations.
2. Tongue: Patients with deficiency fire often show a dry tongue with little moss and a small tongue. Patients with solid fire often show a red tongue, yellow moss or dry and greasy, the tongue is not small.
3. Pulse: The pulse of deficiency fire is generally characterized by a fine pulse (the pulse becomes narrow and thin and the rate is accelerated), while the pulse of solid fire is flooded and strong.
Deficiency fire or real fire need four diagnostic reference comprehensive judgment, need to be diagnosed by a professional physician.