Can Traditional Chinese Medicine Cure Heart Disease?

Patients with heart disease must actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment in order to achieve the effect of controlling and curing the disease. Because the heart is an important hematopoietic organ in the human body, if heart disease occurs, it will affect the normal hematopoietic function of the heart. In the process of treating heart disease, targeted methods should be selected according to different types. Because Western medicine has serious side effects, some people tend to use traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. So can traditional Chinese medicine treat heart disease?

(1) Steamed Pigeon with Red Flower and Panax Notoginseng

raw material

5 grams of Panax notoginseng, 6 grams of safflower, 1 baby pigeon, 10 grams of cooking wine, 3 grams of refined salt, 10 grams of green onion, 5 grams of ginger, 10 grams of soy sauce, 5 grams of brown sugar, and 100 grams of vegetable bile.

practice

1. Remove impurities from safflower; grind Panax notoginseng into powder; kill the pigeon, remove the hair, internal organs and claws, and wash it clean; cut the ginger into shreds and the green onions into sections; cut the cabbage into 4 cm long sections.

2. Put the squab into a steaming cup, add cooking wine, soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger, onion and salt and marinate for 30 minutes, then add Panax notoginseng, safflower and Chinese cabbage.

3. Finally, place the steaming cup in the steamer, then turn on high heat for steaming. It will take about 50 minutes and you can eat it afterwards.

effect

Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, nourish Qi and blood. It is suitable for patients with coronary heart disease caused by blood stasis in the heart meridians.

usage

Take once a day, with meals or alone. Pregnant women should avoid eating it.

(2) Steamed pigeon eggs with safflower and Panax notoginseng

raw material

10 grams of Panax notoginseng powder, 6 grams of safflower, 5 pigeon eggs, 3 grams of refined salt, and 200 ml of chicken soup.

practice

1. Remove impurities from safflower and boil the pigeon eggs and peel them.

2. First put the chicken soup into the pot to be stewed, then add Panax notoginseng powder, safflower, refined salt and cooked pigeon eggs and cook for 25 minutes.

effect

Replenish Qi and blood, and resolve blood stasis. Suitable for patients with angina pectoris type coronary heart disease.

How to eat

Once a day. Pregnant women should avoid eating it.

Diet for heart disease patients

1. Quit stimulating food and drinks and stimulant drugs

Chili pepper, ginger, pepper, tobacco, alcohol, drinking large amounts of strong tea, and taking stimulant drugs such as caffeine and amphetamine can also put a burden on the heart. This is especially important for patients with rheumatic heart disease who have poor heart function. 2. Appropriately limit salt intake: The principle is the same as limiting salt intake. Patients with rheumatic heart disease should eat less sodium-rich foods such as bananas to avoid edema.

3. Drink slowly

Drinking a large amount of water, tea, soup, fruit juice, soda or other beverages at one time will quickly increase blood volume, thereby increasing the burden on the heart. Therefore, do not drink too much food or drink, it is best not to exceed 500 ml at a time. When you need to drink more water, drink it in several times, a little less each time, with longer intervals between each drink.

4. Eat small, frequent meals

Patients with heart disease should not eat too much. The total daily energy should be consumed in 4 to 5 times to reduce excessive gastrointestinal fullness and diaphragm elevation after meals, and avoid increased cardiac workload. Dinner should be eaten early and should be light. Do not eat or drink much other food or water after dinner.

5. Appropriately limit protein and calorie intake

In heart failure, daily protein intake can be controlled at 25-30 grams, with 600 kcal of heat energy; after 2-3 days, protein intake can be increased to 40-50 grams, with 1000-1500 kcal of heat energy. After the condition improves, gradually increase protein and heat energy, but not too high to avoid increasing the burden on the heart.

6. Eat foods that are easy to digest

Heart disease patients have decreased blood circulation, gastrointestinal congestion and edema, which affect the digestion and absorption of food. Therefore, the food consumed should be easily digestible. You can start with liquid or semi-liquid diet, and then switch to soft rice.

7. Adequate vitamins and appropriate amounts of inorganic salts should be provided

Such as vitamin B1 and vitamin C to protect the myocardium. Supply appropriate amount of calcium to maintain normal myocardial activity. Potassium has a protective effect on the heart, and its deficiency can cause arrhythmia. When using diuretics, in addition to potassium supplementation, you should also pay attention to the supply of magnesium and zinc.

Heart disease precautions

1. Control your weight

Studies have shown that a 10% increase in body weight leads to an average 18.5 increase in cholesterol and a 38% increase in the risk of coronary heart disease. A 20% increase in body weight leads to an 86% increase in the risk of coronary heart disease. The prevalence of coronary heart disease in hypertensive patients with diabetes is twice that in hypertensive patients without diabetes.

2. Quit smoking

The nicotine in tobacco can increase the heart rate, raise blood pressure (excessive smoking can lower blood pressure), increase cardiac oxygen consumption, cause vasospasm, abnormal blood flow, and increase platelet adhesion. These adverse effects make the incidence of coronary heart disease in male smokers aged 30-49 three times higher than that of non-smokers, and smoking is also an important cause of angina attacks and sudden death.