Chinese medicine treatment for coronary heart disease What herbs to take for coronary heart disease
May 11, 2023
In Chinese medicine, the cause of coronary heart disease is mostly due to excessive thinking, strain on the heart and spleen, poor diet, etc. In the treatment, it is advisable to treat the symptoms according to the patient's clinical manifestations, and to treat the root cause slowly, to attack first and then supplement, to supplement first and then attack, to attack and supplement at the same time, etc. The following is a specific understanding of Chinese medicine treatment for coronary heart disease.
Qi deficiency type coronary heart disease
Symptoms include vague pain in the heart and chest, chest tightness and shortness of breath, wheezing when moving, palpitations, lassitude, or lazy speech, white face, spontaneous sweating, light and fat tongue with tooth marks, thin moss, weak and slow pulse or knotted generation.
The treatment should be to nourish the heart energy, warm the Yang and activate the collaterals. The formula uses ginseng, astragalus to help replenish the heart Qi; moxibustion licorice sweet warmth and benefit Qi, pass through the meridians to treat palpitations, cinnamon to nourish and disperse cold to treat heart pain, nourish Qi to the kidneys to treat shortness of breath, wheezing symptoms, plus salvia, angelica to nourish the blood and move blood stasis; maitong, jujube to benefit the heart Qi, nourish the heart and mind, sweet moisten and slow down the emergency.
Qi deficiency type of coronary heart disease should be used with caution to activate blood circulation and remove stasis to avoid excessive depletion of heart energy. Available ginseng, atractylodes, poria, moxibustion licorice, rehmannia, white peony, angelica, asthma, astragalus. Cinnamon, Radix et Rhizoma, Semen, Medlar, and Cistanches are combined to make a decoction of Fourteen Flavors Jianzhong Tang to warm the heart and kidneys. Avoid using cold.
Blood stasis type coronary heart disease
The symptoms include severe pain in the heart and chest. The pain is like stabbing like strangulation, with a definite place, accompanied by chest tightness, which does not heal over time, and can be caused by emotional disorders, with a dull red tongue, purple dullness or petechiae, or set under the blood veins blue and purple, with thin moss and astringent or knotted pulse.
Blood stasis can be an independent pathology, but it can also develop due to cold, heat, phlegm, qi stagnation, or qi deficiency. Since blood stasis does not dissipate and blood vessels are not accessible, the pain is severe and does not move.
The main formula is Blood Mansions and Blood Stasis Soup, which includes Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Ligustici, Rhizoma Polygonati, Rhizoma Safflower, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix et Rhizoma Chai Hu, Radix Platycodon Grandiflorum, Radix Achyranthes Bidentatae, and Radix Achyranthes Bidentatae to regulate the qi flow, open the chest and pass the yang, move the qi and help activate the blood, cool the blood and eliminate blood stasis, and nourish the yin and moisten the dryness, all the medicines together become an agent to eliminate blood stasis and open the veins, move the qi and relieve pain.
Chinese herbal treatment for angina pectoris of coronary heart disease
Cold clotting of the heart veins
Symptoms: sudden chest pain, cold attack, heart pain through the back, pale face, cold extremities, white fur and late pulse, treatment is to dispel cold and invigorate blood, appropriate paralysis and promote Yang.
Prescription: Gua Pou, Angelica sinensis 12g each, Gui Zhi, Hou Pu, Citrus aurantium, Allium sativum 10g each, Fu Ling 30g. Take with water decoction.
Stasis of the heart veins
Symptoms: stabbing pain in the heart and chest, pain with a fixed location, distension and pain in both ribs, restlessness, purple and dull tongue or petechiae, astringent pulse or knotted generation, treatment is to invigorate blood circulation and resolve blood stasis, clear the pulse and relieve pain.
Prescription: Peach kernel, safflower 12g each, Radix Achyranthes bidentata, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Paeoniae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Citrus aurantium, Rhizoma Chuanxiong 10g each, Radix Bark, Radix et Rhizoma gastrodiae 5g each, Radix Glycyrrhiza Uralensis 6g, decoction with water.
Internal obstruction of phlegm and turbidity
Symptoms: chest pain like suffocation, stuffiness, pain leading to the shoulders and back, shortness of breath and palpitations, greasy coating and slippery pulse, treatment is to clear Yang and shade turbidity, expel phlegm and open knots.
Prescription: Psidium guajava, Allium sativum, 12 grams each, Citrus aurantium, Chen Pi, Radix et Rhizoma, Phellodendron, Calamus, 10 grams each, Poria, 30 grams, Ginger, 5 grams, Cardamom, 3 grams. Take with water decoction.
Qi and Yin deficiency
Symptoms: Chest pain, palpitation, shortness of breath, tiredness, dizziness, lack of color, red tongue with little moss, weak pulse, treatment is to benefit qi and nourish yin, invigorate blood and promote circulation.
Prescription: Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix Astragali, Poria each 15 grams, Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, Rhizoma Atractylodes Macrocephala, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Rhizoma Chuanxiong each 10 grams. Tian Dong, Mai Dong, Licorice, 6 grams each, decoction with water.
Recommended herbs for the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease
Psidium guajava: Psidium guajava is sweet, slightly bitter, cold in nature, belongs to the lung, stomach and large intestine meridian, has the effect of clearing heat and removing phlegm, broadening the chest and dispersing knots, moistening dryness and slipping intestines, mainly contains triterpene saponin, organic acid, resin, sugar and pigment; has the effect of dilating coronary arteries, anti-myocardial ischemia, improving microcirculation, inhibiting platelet aggregation, anti-hypoxia and anti-arrhythmia, etc.
Radix Paeoniae Alba: Radix Paeoniae Alba is bitter, slightly cold in nature, belongs to liver meridian, has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain, mainly contains Radix Paeoniae Alba essence, paeoniflorin, gallic acid, Radix Paeoniae Alba can slow down heart rate, reduce heart beat output, increase coronary flow, decrease blood pressure, anti-myocardial ischemia, play anti-thrombotic effect by inhibiting thrombin, anti-fibrinogen, anti-platelet aggregation, etc.
Angelica Sinensis: Angelica is sweet in taste, warm in nature, belongs to liver, heart and spleen meridian, has the effect of tonifying blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, laxative and laxative, has the effect of reducing platelet aggregation and antithrombotic, can counteract myocardial takedown, significantly increase coronary blood flow and reduce myocardial oxygen consumption.