Heart fever, also known as heart qi heat, for the name of Chinese medicine, usually due to heart fire (real fire), can appear in the middle of the night, the elderly feel heart fever nosebleed.
1. Heart fire (real fire) is usually due to external wind-cold, wind-heat, summer heat, plague, etc., not timely treatment or treatment error, the evil stays in the body, caused by the lung fire, stomach fire, passing through the channels and thus caused. Or due to depression, anger, causing liver fire, liver fire upward and trigger heart fire (real fire).
2. Patients may manifest as irritability, insomnia, recurrent mouth ulcers, swollen and painful gums, dry mouth, short and red urine. In severe cases, there may be manic delirium, confusion, and nosebleed. It may be accompanied by fever, thirst, red face and tongue, and yellow moss and pulse.
Commonly used Chinese medicines include Sheng Di Huang, Mu Tong, Sheng Gan Cao, etc. Currently, commonly used proprietary Chinese medicines include Niuhuang Qing Xin Pill. Because most of the therapeutic drugs are cold medicines, they should not be taken for a long time.
Elderly people who feel hot in the heart in the middle of the night, accompanied by symptoms such as nosebleeds, should go to a specialized hospital for medical treatment.