How to treat arrhythmia, Chinese medicine is effective

Arrhythmia has become a very common disease, and the incidence rate is getting higher and higher. It has a great harm to the patient's physical health. Sudden death caused by arrhythmia is also very common, and it will also affect the patient's mental health. It needs timely treatment and you can choose traditional Chinese medicine treatment.

1. Weak heart yang

[Symptoms] Palpitations and shortness of breath, aggravated by movement, or sudden fainting, sweating, fatigue, pale face, or cold body and limbs. Pale tongue with white coating, weak or slow pulse

【Treatment Principle】Warming Yang and Invigorating Qi

[Prescription] Ginseng Sini Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases) combined with Ling Gui Zhu Gan Decoction (Golden Chamber) with modifications. Medicinal red ginseng, processed aconite root, dried ginger, roasted licorice root, cinnamon twig, white atractylodes, poria

Add or subtract: If edema is seen, add Stephania tetrandra, Alisma orientalis, Plantago seed, Leonurus japonicus and Salvia miltiorrhiza to promote blood circulation and diuresis. If there is blood stasis, add salvia miltiorrhiza, red peony root, safflower, and fructus aurantii to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

2. Deficiency of heart and kidney yang

[Symptoms] Palpitations and shortness of breath, which worsens with movement, pale complexion, cold body and limbs, sore waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, clear and long urination, pale tongue with white coating, slow and intermittent pulse

【Treatment principle】Warm and nourish the heart and kidney

[Prescription] Shenfu Decoction (Zhengti Leiyao) combined with Youguijiu Decoction (Jingyue Quanshu) with modifications. Medicinal ginseng, astragalus, cooked rehmannia, prepared aconite root, wolfberry, cinnamon twig, deer antler glue

Additions and subtractions: If the edema is severe, add Poria cocos, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, and Citrus grandis peel to promote diuresis and reduce swelling. If there is blood stasis, add motherwort, zelan and safflower to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

3. Deficiency of both Qi and Yin

【Symptoms】Palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, insomnia, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, dry mouth, fever in the five parts of the body, red tongue with little fluid, weak or intermittent pulse

【Treatment principle】Yin-tonifying Qi and nourishing Yin

[Prescription] Shengmai San (from "Neiwai Shang Bian Huo Lun") and Zhigancao Tang (from "Shang Han Lun") plus or minus. Medicinal ingredients include Codonopsis pilosula, Zhigancao, Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Dragon bone, Oyster, Radix Rehmanniae, Cinnamon bark.

Add or subtract: If blood stasis is severe, accompanied by chest tightness and pain, and ecchymosis on the tongue, add Chuanxiong, Safflower, Red Peony Root, and Dalbergia Odorifera to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. If there is phlegm and dampness, dizziness, vomiting of phlegm, or chest and abdominal distension after discharge, add Trichosanthes, Pinellia, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, and Arisaema to remove phlegm and resolve turbidity.

4. Phlegm and dampness blocking the collaterals

【Symptoms】Palpitations and shortness of breath, cough with sputum, chest pain extending to the back, dizziness, pale tongue, greasy white fur, stringy or intermittent pulse

【Treatment principle】Resolving phlegm, removing dampness and unblocking meridians

[Prescription] Gualou Xiebai Banxia Decoction (from Synopsis of the Golden Chamber) combined with Liujunzi Decoction (from Good Prescriptions for Women) with modifications. Medicinal Trichosanthes, Allium macrostemon, Pinellia tuber, Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala, Codonopsis pilosula, Tangerine peel, Cinnamon twig, Roasted Licorice root, Amomum villosum

Additions and subtractions: If blood stasis is obvious, add Salvia miltiorrhiza, Citrus aurantium, Curcuma aromatica, and Corydalis to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. If there is a lot of phlegm and symptoms of cold, add aconite root etc. to warm the yang and resolve the phlegm. If the patient has excessive phlegm and dizziness, add Gastrodia elata, chrysanthemum and other herbs to clear the head and eyes.