My introduction:

Heart disease often occurs when atherosclerotic lesions in coronary arteries cause vascular lumen stenosis or obstruction, resulting in myocardial ischemia, hypoxia or necrosis. Known as "coronary heart disease". Coronary heart disease is more common in adults over 40 years old, and is more common in men than in women. In recent years, the disease has become younger and younger.

The heart is the official organ of the monarch, governing the mind and blood. In layman's terms, the heart is like an emperor among the five internal organs. It is the commander-in-chief, directing people's spiritual and emotional activities and directing the movement of people's blood vessels. Therefore, heart disease is often caused by abnormal mental and emotional conditions and abnormal blood circulation throughout the body.

Coronary heart disease is caused by the blockage of the blood vessels supplying the heart itself, resulting in the inability of the heart to function normally, which can easily cause abnormalities in mental emotions and blood vessels throughout the body. Therefore, in addition to the symptoms of heart disease such as precordial pain and chest tightness, patients with coronary heart disease often also suffer from listlessness, nervousness, irritability, insomnia, general fear of cold, aversion to cold, dark purple complexion, ecchymosis on lips and tongue, etc. Symptoms such as petechiae.

The heart is the hardest-working organ among the five internal organs. Crosstalk actor Ma Ji's masterpiece is "Five Senses Competing for Merit". If there is another "Five Viscerals Competing for Merit", the one that will get the biggest shout-out will definitely be the heart. The heart is formed during the fetal period. It begins to beat at three or four months, and it never rests until it finally stops beating. What maintains the heart's pulsating function is the strong Yang Qi of the heart itself. With the impetus of this Yang Qi, the heart can beat tirelessly for a lifetime.

Therefore, the basic cause of coronary heart disease is the deficiency of this Yang Qi. There are many reasons for insufficient heart yang energy. Insufficient heart yang leads to weak push, and the flow of qi and blood in the coronary arteries also slows down, resulting in blockage. Just like when the water in a river is not strong, it is easy for some stagnant and immobile water to appear.

What blocks the coronary arteries can be phlegm, blood stasis, or cold or heat evil. No matter what it is, the coronary arteries are blocked by these evil spirits, and the heart yang is not enough to clear these blockages. The blood supply to the heart is not flowing smoothly, which is what we often call "coronary heart disease".

Treatment of coronary heart disease

Chinese medicine treatment of coronary heart disease has a good effect. Of course, the most important thing is to identify the evidence. Because although the basic pathogenesis of coronary heart disease is the inability of Yang Qi to push forward, the reasons for the inability to push Yang Qi include deficiency and excess. The pathogenic factors that block the coronary arteries include phlegm and blood stasis. Therefore, treatment must be based on syndrome differentiation and based on different causes, Different prescriptions are used depending on the constitution and syndrome.

High blood pressure is the most common factor causing coronary heart disease. As for high blood pressure, as we discussed earlier, its fundamental causes are "stagnation" and "blood stasis". This is consistent with the cause of coronary heart disease. Therefore, the way to relieve high blood pressure is to alleviate coronary heart disease.

In recent days, prescriptions based on Pueraria lobata have been used to treat high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, and they feel that the efficacy is better. Commonly used drugs include kudzu root, salvia miltiorrhiza, poria cocos, hawthorn, Polygonatum odoratum, and rehmannia glutinosa, etc. For patients with simple hypertension, the above-mentioned drugs can be taken as a decoction in water. The antihypertensive effect will take effect quickly and last long.

If there is myocardial ischemia, that is, coronary heart disease, adding cinnamon twigs, angelica root, and sandalwood has a good effect on improving the blood supply to the myocardium. If the condition is not serious and there are no other concurrent symptoms, if you continue to use it, the improvement of the electrocardiogram will be certain.

"A disease of the heart needs medicine and medicine from the heart"

As the saying goes, "A disease of the heart needs medicine and medicine from the heart", which means that bad mental and emotional states also require mental conditioning. For patients with coronary heart disease, in addition to necessary drug treatment, mental relaxation and stretching are also very important.

A few days ago, I saw a patient who had high blood pressure for several years. His electrocardiogram showed slight ischemic changes. He was extremely stressed mentally. He often had electrocardiograms and took almost all medications for the treatment of coronary heart disease. However, the symptoms did not improve significantly, so I was determined to get a coronary stent.

Based on his actual situation, I first explained to him that his condition was relatively mild, and then asked him to relax, pay attention to diet, exercise appropriately, and take a small dose of traditional Chinese medicine. After 2 months of treatment, his electrocardiogram showed relief and his mental condition improved greatly, so he gave up the plan of getting a stent.

For coronary heart disease, most patients are worried about sudden death. In fact, this is preventable. The occurrence of sudden death is closely related to anger and satiety. Therefore, it is important to keep your mood relaxed and happy, and to avoid emotional changes such as joy or anger. Happiness is the will of the heart, and excessive joy will lead to sadness; anger is the will of the liver, and excessive anger will stagnate the Qi machine and block the heart vessels. All these will cause blockage of the heart pulse and lead to sudden death.

Oversatiation is also a common cause of sudden death. After a full meal, the elderly's spleen and stomach are weak, unable to transport and transform, food stays in the stomach, and the upper and lower Qi movement is not smooth, resulting in heart artery blockage, and sudden death may also occur. Therefore, for the elderly, especially those with heart disease, eating three light meals a day and eating no more than 60 to 70% full is a good way to nourish the heart and protect the heart, and it is also a good way to prevent accidents.

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