Coronary heart disease (CHD) refers to the heart disease that causes myocardial ischemia, hypoxia and even necrosis due to stenosis or obstruction of vascular lumen after coronary atherosclerosis and partial or complete restriction of blood flow in coronary arteries. As the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine gradually achieves good therapeutic effects, more and more people want to understand the traditional Chinese medicine therapies for coronary heart disease. Let's learn about the characteristic traditional Chinese medicine therapies for coronary heart disease together.
1、 Internal treatment
Coronary heart disease belongs to the category of "chest obstruction" in traditional Chinese medicine. The team's research found that patients with coronary heart disease often have a mixture of deficiency and excess, often accompanied by qi deficiency, blood stasis, phlegm turbidity, qi stagnation, and other comorbidities; At the same time, the pathological characteristics of coronary heart disease with "blocked Qi meridian and phlegm stasis entering the collaterals" were summarized. Due to its "deficiency and damage of Qi meridian" as the basis, the Qi meridian is reversed and disordered, and phlegm and stasis are intertwined, resulting in "difficult and blocked Qi meridian and phlegm stasis entering the collaterals" as the standard, blocking Qi meridian and blood collaterals, and causing pain when blocked.
2、 External treatment
1. Acupoint application
The specific composition of the medication includes 8 types of traditional Chinese medicine, including cassia twig, Danshen, Chuanxiong, Corydalis yanhusuo, Gardenia jasminoides, Taoren, Xixin, and Borneol. After grinding them into powder, they are mixed and prepared into a paste using yellow wine. The paste is placed in the center of a 3cm × 3cm patch and applied to the targeted acupoint. Among them, specific acupoints are mainly selected for Danzhong, Juque, Xinyu, Neiguan, and Ashi. For those with heart blood stasis, diaphragmatic Yu and Tongli are added. For those with cold congealed heart vessels, Guanyuan and Neiguan are added. For those with phlegm obstruction and blood stasis, Fenglong and Zusanli are added. On the basis of standardized Western medicine treatment, adding acupoint application can effectively improve the clinical symptoms and traditional Chinese medicine syndromes of angina pectoris in patients with coronary heart disease.
2. Ear point sticking
Main points: heart, small intestine, subcortical, sympathetic, Shenmen
Matching points: severe chest pain plus chest, tachycardia plus heart point, heart and kidney not plus kidney.
Ear acupressure method is a simple therapy of applying pressure beans on the surface of the ear acupoints, which continuously stimulates the acupoints, is safe, highly operable, and has no side effects.
3、 What are the precautions for traditional Chinese medicine treatment of coronary heart disease patients?
1. Regulating Emotions
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the seven emotions cause illness, and changes in emotions directly affect the corresponding organs, causing disorder of qi and blood circulation, leading to the occurrence or aggravation of diseases. Tranquil emptiness, true qi follows from it, the spirit stays within, and illness remains peaceful. Maintaining a happy mood and a relaxed spirit is of great significance for improving qi and preventing the occurrence or development of coronary heart disease.
2. Moderate exercise
Han Dynasty physician Hua Tuo combined the principle of "flowing water does not rot, and the axis of the household does not become tangled" to create the Five Animal Play. Exercise is crucial in enhancing physical fitness and reducing the occurrence of diseases. During the recovery period, patients can participate in certain exercises and labor, such as moderate jogging, brisk walking, qigong, tai chi, and the Five Animal Play.
3. Correct diet
A reasonable dietary structure is crucial for the recovery of coronary heart disease, such as not having too many total calories in the diet, maintaining a normal weight, avoiding frequent consumption of foods with high animal fat and cholesterol content, and limiting salt intake for patients with coronary heart disease and hypertension or heart failure.
4. Sleep maintenance
Sleeping soundly can ensure high-quality sleep, eliminate fatigue, restore energy, and promote human health and longevity. The daily sleep time should be 7-8 hours, with 1-2 hours of sunlight and appropriate aerobic exercise as much as possible in the morning.
When treating coronary heart disease with traditional Chinese medicine, it is important to distinguish between the deficiency and excess of the specimen, supplement the deficiency, and eliminate the excess. For the excess, methods such as promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, warming and dispelling cold, eliminating turbidity and phlegm, promoting the circulation of heart yang, clearing heat and resolving phlegm should be used. For the deficiency, the main focus should be on nourishing and supporting the body. Methods such as tonifying qi and meridians, nourishing yin and benefiting kidneys, and nourishing qi and warming yang can achieve very good results.