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Damage to kidney yīn by evil heat, usually occurring in advanced stages of warm heat disease and characterized by low fever, scorching (palpable) heat in the hearts of the palms and soles, dry mouth and teeth, deafness, dry smooth emaciated crimson tongue, and a rapid fine or rapid vacuous pulse. Since the teeth are the surplus of the bones, which are governed by the kidney, and since the kidney opens at the ears, dry teeth and deafness are kidney signs.

Medicinal therapy: Use variations of Pulse-Restorative Decoction (复脉汤 fù mài tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Drain points such as LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), LI-11 (Pool at the Bend, 曲池 qū chí), LU-11 (Lesser Shang, 少商 shào shāng), LI-1 (Shang Yáng, 商阳 shāng yáng), ST-44 (Inner Court, 内庭 nèi tíng), and LR-2 (Moving Between, 行间 xíng jiān) to drain the heat, and needle with supplementation at KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi), KI-2 (Blazing Valley, 然谷 rán gǔ), KI-3 (Great Ravine, 太溪 tài xī), and BL-23 (Kidney Transport, 肾俞 shèn shù) to supplement kidney yīn.

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