RE: Digest Number 954

[Guest guest]

Hi Jim,

Do you have the citations for this research?

 

Thanks,

Colleen

 

While blood stasis is a big part of the TCM motivation for use in

geriatrics by dilating the coronary vessels and improving coronary

collateral circulation, San qi reduces the oxygen consumption of the

heart tissue by indirectly reducing the myocardial metabolic rate. It

also can produce a 95% improvement in symptoms and 83%

improvement in the ECG pattern. It is said to have a remarkable anti-

arrhythmic action on experimental rats with coronary branch

ligation. It reduces the size of myocardial infaarction and prevents

the atrial fibrillation.

[Guest guest]

Everything I posted about san qi is from The Pharmacology of Chinese

Herbs.

 

Jim Ramholz

 

 

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, " Colleen Morris " <colleen@d...>

wrote:

> Hi Jim,

> Do you have the citations for this research?

>

> Thanks,

> Colleen

>

> While blood stasis is a big part of the TCM motivation for use in

> geriatrics by dilating the coronary vessels and improving coronary

> collateral circulation, San qi reduces the oxygen consumption of

the

> heart tissue by indirectly reducing the myocardial metabolic rate.

It

> also can produce a 95% improvement in symptoms and 83%

> improvement in the ECG pattern. It is said to have a remarkable

anti-

> arrhythmic action on experimental rats with coronary branch

> ligation. It reduces the size of myocardial infaarction and

prevents

> the atrial fibrillation.