herbs for atrial fibrillation

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I would like to know the TCM herbs given for chronic atrial

fibrillation.

 

Thanks,

Elizabeth

[Guest guest]

> Hello all,

> I would like to know the TCM herbs given for chronic atrial

> fibrillation.

>

> Thanks,

> Elizabeth

 

According to the Chinese Diagnosis, a quite

diverse selection of herbals is used.

 

Origin of this disease is: the xin-functions can't maintain proper

heart functions

because a mixture of

1) xin-qi is not sufficient; r: wu-wei-zi-tang

2) xin-yang is not sufficient; r: si-ni-tang

(maybe because of shen-yang deficiency caused by blood pressure

medicine)

3) xin-yang is extremely depleted; r: si-ni-tang + renshentang + hui-

yang-jiu-ji-tang

4) xin-blood is not sufficient

(maybe because the blood producton is blocked by tan(slime))

5) xin-vessels are blocked; r: xue-fu-sui-yu-tang

(maybe because of Qi-deficiency)

6) tan(slime)-substances harrass the xin-vessels; r:tiao-tan-tang

(maybe as a toxic side effect of cortisone therapy)

7) yin deficiency developed fire; r: zhu-sha-an-shen-wan

8) qi and yin are deficient; r:sheng-mai-san

9) the xin-spirit is not calm; r: an-shen-fu-mai-tang

develops.

The r:recipe serves as a reminder for the fundamental therapeutic

principle,

to be adopted/changed according to the syndrome mixture.

 

I could list 10 main herbals for each condition, but...in practice

I see a colourful mixture of syndromes, a complex recipe has to be

formulated,

in the end quite contradictory herbals have to be mixed.

Here the art of combining herbals (pei-wu) starts.

Besides the main disease, the side effects of chronic intake of

chemical medicines also has to be

taken into consideration.

 

An overweight 85 year old male with chronic unbearable cough, asthma,

diabetes, HBP, taking cortisone and diuretics will get a different

diagnosis and treatment

than a slim young anorexic pale girl. Get the idea :-) ?