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HEART QI DEFICIENCY
Heart Qi Deficiency includes general signs of Qi deficiency (such as shortness of breath, spontaneous sweating, pale face and fatigue) with the addition of palpitations, which is the characteristic symptom of Heart Qi Deficiency.

"Palpitations" here indicates a subjective feeling of the patient being aware of their heart beating in an uncomfortable way. It has nothing to do with the actual rhythm or pace of the heart. The patient may describe their "palpitations" as their heart beating unusually rapidly but it might just be an impression. Vice versa, someone’s pulse may be actually beating more rapidly than usual but, if they are not aware of it, this symptom would not be defined as "palpitations".

HEART YANG DEFICIENCY
Some of the symptoms are the same as for Heart Qi Deficiency (palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, sweating and pale face): this is because Heart Qi Deficiency could be considered as included within Heart Yang deficiency. In other words, it is not possible to have a Deficiency of Yang without a Deficiency of Qi.

Feelings of cold and cold hands are due to Heart Yang not transporting Blood to the extremities to warm them. The slight feeling of stuffiness in the heart region is due to Heart-Yang not moving Qi in the chest and hence leading to a slight Qi Stagnation in the chest.

The bright-pale face is typical of Yang Deficiency (in Blood Deficiency the face would be dull-pale). The lips are slightly dark because deficient Heart Yang fails to move Qi and Blood and this may cause a slight Blood Stasis. Please note that this sign would appear only in severe and advanced cases of Heart Yang Deficiency.

The tongue is Pale because Heart-Yang cannot transport enough Blood to it, and it is slightly wet because Heart-Yang cannot transform the Fluids, which therefore accumulate on the tongue.