Heart pain discussed in the ninth section of Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber involves cardiothoracic and epigastric region.It is found from the original text that the chest impediment and heart pain due to yang-deficiency in the upper energizers and blockage of chest yang by upper yin cold belong to the heart disease in the upper energizers.Chest impediment and heart pain are related in symptoms,and the diseases in the upper energizers and the middle energizers are treated simultaneously.The...