Can Chinese medicine cure insufficient blood supply to the heart?

Heart disease is a very serious problem because the heart is the most important organ in the human body. If the disease occurs, it may be life-threatening. Common heart problems include increased heart rate, coronary heart disease, myocardial ischemia, etc. Insufficient blood supply to the heart is also a symptom of disease and requires timely conditioning and treatment. So can Chinese medicine cure insufficient blood supply to the heart?

The main cause of insufficient blood supply to the heart is coronary heart disease, which is caused by the stenosis of the coronary arteries (responsible for the blood supply to the myocardial cells).

This is mainly because the coronary arteries of the heart become hardened or fibrin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, etc. stick to the blood vessel walls. These substances can narrow the heart and blood vessels and reduce blood flow. Or it can cause coronary artery spasms due to smoking or drinking, abnormal emotions, sudden climate changes, etc., resulting in insufficient blood supply to the myocardium, and thus insufficient nutrition and energy supplied to the body or organs by the blood vessels.

Heart failure, the abbreviation of heart failure, is a relatively common clinical disease. Its main manifestation is a sharp decrease in the heart's blood supply ability, leading to ischemia and hypoxia of various organs. It is an emergency that requires urgent treatment.

In clinical practice, Western medicine is generally used for treatment. It mainly includes treatments such as diuresis, cardiotonic and vasodilation. The main medication used is furosemide for diuresis, which reduces the preload of the heart, that is, the volume load. Use sodium nitroprusside to dilate blood vessels and reduce the heart's afterload, that is, the pressure load. Another way is to use drugs such as digoxin to enhance the contractility of the myocardium and improve the symptoms of systemic ischemia and hypoxia. So does traditional Chinese medicine have any good treatment strategies for heart failure? Let’s discuss it together below.

From a TCM perspective, heart failure is mainly caused by insufficient heart yang, which results in the heart's inability to pump blood, or phlegm and dampness blocking the heart meridians, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the heart. In terms of treatment, on the one hand, we can warm and promote the heart yang, and on the other hand, if there is phlegm and dampness, we can also use drugs that strengthen the spleen and remove dampness to enhance the effect. According to TCM theory, heart yang is rooted in kidney yang. Because kidney yang is also known as the body's original yang, for patients with insufficient heart yang, we need to take kidney yang into consideration as well. So what is the best Chinese medicine for replenishing kidney yang? Of course it is aconite. We usually use processed aconite. We can start with a small dose, such as 15g, and then slowly increase the dose, such as 20g, 25g, 30g, etc., up to 60g. There is one thing that needs attention here. If the amount of aconite is more than 20g, it is generally necessary to decoct it for half an hour to reduce its toxicity.

So, can Chinese medicine cure patients with heart failure? The answer is yes. Need a face-to-face consultation, need to have your pulse taken. Therefore, patients who have this problem can find a famous local Chinese medicine doctor to take their pulse and prescribe a prescription for treatment.