How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat dilated cardiomyopathy?

Generally, Chinese medicine is rarely used to treat dilated cardiomyopathy, because the expansion of the ventricles can cause hypertrophy, which requires drug treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine and diet can be used as nursing aids during the treatment stage of dilated cardiomyopathy. Patients who want to use traditional Chinese medicine for treatment must seek the advice of a regular doctor.

Yangxin Dingzhi Decoction

【Functions and indications】Replenishes heart qi, replenishes heart yang, nourishes heart yin, and calms the mind. Mainly used to treat coronary heart disease.

[Prescription composition] 15 grams of Pseudostellaria baicalensis, 10 grams of Poria cocos, 10 grams of Acorus calamus, 10 grams of Polygala tenuifolia, 10 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 8 grams of cinnamon twig, 5 grams of roasted Licorice root, 10 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, and 10 grams of Ligusticum chuanxiong.

[Usage and Dosage] Take 1 dose per day, decocted in water.

[Additions and Subtractions] For patients with chest tightness and shortness of breath, and severe obstruction of the chest yang, add Cucurbitacin and Allium macrostemon. For severe heart pain, pain radiating to the shoulders and back, and severe stasis of qi and blood, add Panax notoginseng and Fructus Crotonis. For patients with irritability, palpitations, sweating, and heart and liver disorders, add wheat and jujube. For patients with hypertensive heart disease, this prescription can be used without dragon bone and with Cassia seed, Rhizoma Cynoglossi, and Eucommia ulmoides. For patients with pulmonary heart disease, add Ginkgo, Asparagus cochinchinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Apricot kernel, and remove Rhizoma Chuanxiong.

Codonopsis pilosula and Ziziphus jujuba seeds

【Functions and indications】Replenishes Qi and calms the mind, replenishes Qi and blood. Mainly used to treat coronary heart disease.

[Prescription composition] 15-30 grams each of Codonopsis pilosula and Ziziphus jujuba seeds, 18-30 grams of Rhizoma Cyperi, 12-15 grams each of Ophiopogon japonicus and Viscum album, 3-6 grams of Schisandra chinensis, and 30 grams of Leonurus japonicus.

[Usage and Dosage] Take 1 dose per day, decocted in water. One month is one course of treatment, and 1 to 3 courses are needed.

Angelica Scrophularia

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relieve spasms and relieve pain. It is mainly used to treat coronary heart disease, chest fullness and shortness of breath, heart pain, and irregular pulse. It can also treat stabbing pain in the liver area and renal colic.

[Prescription composition] 30 grams each of Angelica sinensis, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Lonicera japonica, Salvia miltiorrhiza, and Licorice.

[Usage and Dosage] Take 1 dose per day, decocted in water.