Commonly used Chinese patent medicines for treating myocardial ischemia in China are:
Danshen tablet: it can dilate coronary artery, increase coronary flow, reduce blood viscosity and coagulation. It is suitable for patients with blood stasis type chest obstruction.
Compound Danshen Tablet: It is composed of Danshen, Notoginseng Radix, Borneolum Syntheticum, etc. It has the functions of dilating coronary artery, increasing coronary flow, inhibiting platelet aggregation, protecting ischemic myocardium and improving microcirculation. There are two kinds of tablets and dropping pills. It is suitable for acute angina pectoris and can also be used for preventing angina pectoris.
Shexiang Baoxin Pill: It consists of musk, storax, bezoar, cinnamon, toad venom, borneol, ginseng extract, etc. It has the effects of inhibiting the increase of serum total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol, alleviating the injury of vascular endothelial cells, inhibiting intimal hyperplasia of arteries, and improving myocardial ischemia. And is suitable for acute angina pectoris or preventing or relieving angina pectoris.
Di 'ao Xinxuekang: refined from steroid saponins extracted from unique medicinal plants. It has the effects of increasing coronary artery flow and myocardial nutrient blood flow, reducing blood lipid, blood viscosity and platelet aggregation rate. It is especially suitable for patients with thoracic obstruction caused by chest tightness or qi stagnation and blood stasis. Patients with bradycardia should use it with caution.
Xinkeshu: It is composed of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Puerariae, Radix Notoginseng, Radix Aucklandiae, Fructus Crataegi, etc. It has the effects of improving myocardial ischemia and microcirculation, enhancing myocardial contraction and improving ventricular diastolic function. It is suitable for patients with chest obstruction due to qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Guanmaining: It is composed of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Carthami Flos, Sanguis Draxonis, Caulis Spatholobi, Rhizoma Corydalis, Semen Persicae, Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Rhizoma Polygonati, etc. It has the effects of increasing coronary flow, improving myocardial ischemia, inhibiting platelet aggregation and reducing blood viscosity. It is suitable for patients with chest obstruction due to qi stagnation and blood stasis. Pregnant women are forbidden.
Tongxinluo: It is composed of ginseng, leech, scorpion, Eupolyphaga Seu Steleophaga, centipede, cicada slough, red peony root, borneol, etc. It has the effects of increasing coronary flow, improving myocardial ischemia, regulating blood lipid, reducing blood viscosity, inhibiting platelet aggregation and improving the function of vascular endothelial cells.
Suitable for patients with unstable angina pectoris.
Nuodikang is a Tibetan medicine (Rhodiola sachalinensis). It has the effects of improving myocardial ischemia, regulating blood lipid, reducing blood viscosity and inhibiting platelet aggregation. It is suitable for patients with chest obstruction due to qi stagnation and blood stasis.