Can Traditional Chinese Medicine Cure Atrial Fibrillation?

Atrial fibrillation is a common symptom of heart disease, such as coronary heart disease. The incidence rate has been relatively high in recent years. It poses a great threat to humans and is also known as the number one killer of human health. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it can play a very good role in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. For example, it has a certain therapeutic effect on chest tightness and palpitations, back pain, or insomnia and dreaminess. Let's take a look at this aspect.

Can Traditional Chinese Medicine Cure Atrial Fibrillation?

1. Warming Yang, benefiting the heart, calming the mind and relieving palpitations

Chest tightness, palpitations, back pain, insomnia, frequent dreams, dizziness, and chills. The electrocardiogram showed frequent premature ventricular contractions and trigeminy. The tongue is pale red, slightly purple and plump, with a thin white coating, and the pulse is deep and slippery, sometimes knotty and sometimes rapid. This is due to deficiency of heart yang and accumulation of phlegm and blood stasis. The treatment is to warm the yang and benefit the heart, resolve phlegm and activate blood circulation. It can be modified with Yangxin Decoction and Gualou Xiebai Banxia Decoction.

Prescription: 20 grams of Astragalus, 15 grams of Codonopsis, 15 grams of Poria, 15 grams of Poria, 15 grams of Chuanxiong, 15 grams of Angelica, 15 grams of Torreya grandis, 10 grams of Pinellia, 10 grams of Shenqu, 10 grams of Polygala, 10 grams of cinnamon twig, 15 grams of Trichosanthes, 15 grams of Allium macrostemon, 10 grams of Licorice, and 3 slices of ginger. Take 21 doses of decoction, 1 dose per day, divided into 3 times.

The symptoms improved significantly. After taking more than 60 doses of the medicine, he felt that the premature beats decreased, palpitations and chest tightness occurred 4 to 5 times a day, sleep improved but not sound, electrocardiogram was normal, tongue was pale purple and fat, tongue coating was thin white, pulse was deep, slippery and sometimes rapid. Add 20 grams of Pueraria root, 30 grams of raw dragon bone and 30 grams of raw oyster to the above ingredients. Continue to take 21 doses. After taking the medicine, the symptoms gradually disappeared. The patient was treated according to the symptoms and followed the rules for more than 3 months. Then he stopped taking quinidine and there was no recurrence during the six-month follow-up.

Ventricular premature beats are common in clinical practice, and the clinical diagnosis is mostly insufficient heart yang. According to the characteristics of the disease, Yangxin Decoction, Baoyuan Decoction, Fuzi Decoction (sinus bradycardia), Zhenwu Decoction (heart failure), etc. are often used. The patient in this case had been ill for a long time, and his heart yang was deficient, so the heart meridians were not nourished, causing palpitations and restlessness; the heart yang was weak, so he had chest tightness, back pain, dizziness, and chills; his mind was alert and his spirit was lost, so he slept little and had many dreams; the yang deficiency could not circulate qi and blood, and transport body fluids, so phlegm and blood stasis were generated internally, resulting in a pale red, slightly purple and fat tongue, a thin white tongue coating, and a deep and slippery pulse that was sometimes knotted and sometimes hurried. The treatment is to warm the yang and benefit the heart, resolve phlegm and activate blood circulation. The prescription selected was "Yangxin Decoction" which replenishes heart Qi, nourishes heart blood, calms the mind and relieves palpitations. It was combined with Trichosanthes, Xiebai and Banxia Decoction to eliminate phlegm and relieve chest tightness, promote yang and disperse nodules. The prescription corresponded to the symptoms, and the symptoms were all reduced during the follow-up visit. The medicine has been effective. I followed the treatment rules and added or subtracted the dosage according to the symptoms. After more than 6 months of conditioning treatment, the premature beats disappeared, I stopped taking quinidine, and my condition stabilized.

2. Nourish Yin, reduce fire, nourish the heart and calm the mind

He has had coronary heart disease, fatty liver and hyperlipidemia for more than 20 years. He developed atrial fibrillation in 1991, and now has 3 to 4 attacks a day, each lasting 1 to 2 hours. During an attack, he has palpitations, shortness of breath, heart and back pain, waist soreness, occasional tongue pain, dry and itchy eyes, unformed stools, 1 to 2 attacks a day, unresolved sleep, and difficulty falling asleep again after waking up. Cardiac ultrasound showed: atrial enlargement and mitral valve insufficiency. The tongue is dark red, the tongue coating is white and dry, and the pulse is rapid. This is due to yin deficiency and excessive fire, which causes internal disturbance of the mind. Treatment is to nourish yin and reduce fire, nourish the heart and calm the mind. Use Tianwang Buxin Dan with modifications.

Prescription: 15 grams of pine nuts, 15 grams of spinach seeds, 15 grams of asparagus, 15 grams of ophiopogon, 10 grams of raw rehmannia, 10 grams of angelica, 10 grams of American ginseng (pre-boiled), 10 grams of sophora flavescens, 15 grams of salvia miltiorrhiza, 30 grams of Imperata root, 15 grams of Poria, 10 grams of Schisandra chinensis, 30 grams of raw yam, 30 grams of raw coix seeds, and 10 grams of licorice. 14 doses, decocted in water, 1 dose per day, divided into 3 times.

The frequency of atrial fibrillation attacks decreased, and symptoms such as palpitations, precordial pain, back pain, tongue pain, and low back pain were significantly alleviated. Eyes were dry and sleep improved, but it was difficult to fall asleep again after waking up. There was dizziness from time to time, the tongue was pale red, the tongue coating was white and yellow, and the pulse was deep and slippery and occasionally rapid. The defending side should be slightly increased or decreased.

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