Heat syndrome can be divided into solid syndrome and deficiency syndrome, which can be seen as dry mouth and tongue, thirst for cold drinks, yellow urine and constipation, etc. It can be treated with Huanglian Xieyue Tang, Sha Shen Maidong Tang, and so on. Specific symptoms and management vary according to the type of deficiency.
1. Solid symptoms: including external wind-heat and internal heat (internal heat is serious), the external sensation is mainly dry mouth, fever, sweating, coughing, yellow snot, sneezing, etc., and needs to be treated with Sang Ju Drink and Yin Qiao San. The internal heat is mainly due to sores on the mouth and tongue, bad breath, swollen and painful gums, irritability, constipation, yellow urine, etc., which need to be treated with Huanglian Xieyi Tang, Longdian Diarrhea and Liver Tang, etc.
2. Deficiency syndrome: mostly due to deficiency of yin, resulting in deficiency fire, manifesting as insomnia and dreaminess, five heart-heat (heat in the hearts of the hands and feet, and self-consciousness of the heart and chest), flushing, emaciation, and so on, which can be treated with Liouweidihuang Pill, Shashenmaidong Tang, and so on.
The treatment of heat symptoms is also related to their parts of the body, such as stomach fire is not the same as liver fire, so it is recommended that the patient consult a doctor in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor’s identification of the treatment.