Clinical manifestations of heart yin deficiency type hyperthyroidism:
Restlessness, insomnia, palpitations, sweating, shortness of breath, fatigue, red tongue, thin coating, thin and rapid pulse.
【Guiyuan Beneficial Heart Paste】
Ingredients: Guiyuan meat 150 grams, Angelica sinensis 100 grams, Polygala 50 grams, Ophiopogon japonicus 50 grams, Schisandra chinensis 30 grams, 20 dates, 30 grams of black mulberry, 20 grams of black sesame.
Preparation: Except for black sesame, put all the ingredients in a clay pot and boil in water. Filter out the liquid every half an hour, and then add water to boil again. Repeat this process three times. Combine all the liquid together and simmer it with low heat until it becomes a sticky paste. Add double the amount of honey and finely grind the black sesame into it. Boil again, cool, and store in a porcelain jar.
Efficacy: Nourish the heart yin.
Usage: Take 1 spoonful twice a day, dissolve in hot water, and drink it all at once.
【Five-Flavor Porridge】
Ingredients: Barley 150 grams, sour jujube kernel 10 grams, Schisandra chinensis 10 grams, Ophiopogon japonicus 10 grams, tender lotus seeds 20 grams, longan meat 20 grams.
Preparation: Crush the sour jujube kernel and Schisandra chinensis, and boil them together with Ophiopogon japonicus to make a concentrated decoction. Cook the lotus seeds until soft. Cook the barley to make porridge, and when it is cooked, add the medicine decoction, and then add the lotus seeds and longan meat. Cook for a while, and add sugar to taste.
Efficacy: Nourish the heart yin and calm the mind.
Usage: Take 1 dose daily, as breakfast and dinner.
【Modified Er Dong Porridge】
Ingredients: Ophiopogon japonicus 15 grams, Ophiopogon japonicus 15 grams, Radix Adenophorae 15 grams, lotus leaf 30 grams, licorice 10 grams, 100 grams of glutinous rice.
Preparation: Add 1500 milliliters of water to Ophiopogon japonicus, Ophiopogon japonicus, Radix Adenophorae, lotus leaf, and licorice, and boil to make a decoction. Cook the glutinous rice with low heat to make porridge, and when it is cooked, add brown sugar to taste, and cook for a while.
Efficacy: Nourish the heart yin.
Usage: Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 servings.
