What are the symptoms of qi and blood attacking the heart?

Traditional Chinese medicine is a great cultural treasure of our Chinese nation, because from the beginning to the end, traditional Chinese medicine has been saving people and helping them get rid of diseases. Today, traditional Chinese medicine seems to be becoming more and more popular, because many patients have been seriously harmed by the side effects of western medicine and their diseases have not been cured. So in traditional Chinese medicine, what are the obvious symptoms of the so-called Qi and blood attacking the heart?

1. Lack of blood

Symptoms: often manifested as restlessness, pale or sallow complexion, restless sleep at night, or frequent dreams, timidity and easy fright. Treatment principle: Nourish the heart and spleen, nourish the blood and calm the mind. Main prescription: Guipi Decoction with modifications.

2. Weak heart qi

Symptoms: Frequent feeling of palpitations and shortness of breath, sweating or spontaneous sweating when moving, pale complexion, fatigue, decreased appetite, or cold limbs, pale tongue with white coating. Treatment principle: Nourish the heart qi. Main formula: Schisandra chinensis decoction with jujube seed, Poria cocos, etc.

3. Yin deficiency and excessive fire

Symptoms: Frequent palpitations and irritability, sore throat and dry mouth, hot hands and feet, restless and irritable sleep at night, or night sweats, and red tongue with little coating. Treatment principle: Nourish yin, reduce fire and calm the mind. Main formula: Huanglian Ejiao Decoction with jujube seeds, raw rehmannia, etc.

4. Phlegm and fire disturbance

Symptoms: Frequent feeling of palpitations, chest tightness, restlessness, insomnia, dizziness, bitter taste in the mouth, or excessive phlegm, nausea, and yellow and greasy tongue coating. Treatment principle: Clear away heat and phlegm, calm the mind and stabilize the spirit. Main prescription: Huanglian Wendan Decoction with modifications.

5. Qi stagnation and blood stasis

Symptoms: palpitations, chest tightness, stabbing pains in the heart and chest, or bluish lips and nails, dark purple tongue or ecchymosis, and sluggish or intermittent pulse. Treatment principle: Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and soothe the mind. Main recipe: Peach kernel and safflower decoction with modifications.

Causes

The internal causes are weakness of the body and insufficient vital energy, while the external causes are exposure to the six evils, overeating, fatigue, phlegm blocking the lungs, deficiency of heart qi, deficiency of heart and kidney yang, and deficiency of both qi and yin, which can all lead to this disease. The disease is mainly located in the heart and is closely related to the lungs and kidneys. When the disease is serious, all five internal organs will be damaged.