What is known about Double Heart Medicine and Chinese Medicine

  Some patients with heart disease are prone to anxiety, apprehension and fear. Some patients often go to the hospital because of panic and palpitations and fear, but the results of various heart-related tests are not abnormal, and they will be misunderstood as “pretending to be sick”, which makes people extremely distressed, what is this?  In recent years, people’s pace of life has increased, the pressure has increased, bicardiac disease is more and more common, for such patients need to carry out the necessary psychological and pharmacological treatment. So far, the main drugs of western medicine treatment are: SSRI class, benzodiazepines, 5-HT1A receptor agonists and so on. In recent years, clinical studies have shown that for some patients with bipolar disorder, the combination of TCM treatment is more effective. The advantages of TCM have received the attention of the medical community, and the combination of Chinese and Western medicine provides a new way to treat bicardial disease.  The understanding of the heart in TCM is essentially the same as that of modern medicine, and both emphasize the irreplaceable and important position of the heart in human life activities. “If a person is compared to a castle, the heart is the king of the castle, responsible for coordinating and directing all the organs and tissues so that they can do their jobs and ensure the normal life activities of a person. We often use the idiom “the heart and the mind are restless”, “the heart is the house of the gods”, that is, the gods are hidden in the heart, if the heart is sick, then the return of the gods will be affected, and people’s mental state is not good. One of the four classics of Chinese medicine “Huangdi Neijing” heart disease etiology understanding: “sadness and fear is sad”, that is, mental emotions cause heart disease. When people’s emotions change a lot, it is easy to trigger heart disease. For example, Fan Jin was overjoyed after winning the imperial examinations, leading to frenzy.  Stress heart disease, is psychological stress caused by myocardial damage, the onset of the disease and emotion-related, manifested as a piece of the left ventricle of the heart muscle suddenly thinning, by the impact of blood like a balloon bulge, like the head of an octopus, so also known as octopus pot cardiomyopathy. In Chinese medicine, there is a disease called woman’s dirty agitation, i.e. a condition similar to menopausal syndrome, which manifests as emotional instability, crying and laughing. The classic formula for treating this disease is Gan Mai Da Zao Tang (composition: Gan Cao, Wheat, Da Zao).  At present, proprietary Chinese medicines are widely used in the treatment of bipolar disorder with remarkable efficacy, which is popular among clinicians and patients. However, the use of proprietary Chinese medicine should be in accordance with the principle of “diagnosis and treatment”, so we must consult the relevant experts in the hospital and let them decide the use of the medicine after consultation, otherwise it will be counterproductive.  In addition, Chinese acupuncture can regulate the balance of the body’s meridians by selecting relevant acupoints (Neiguan, Shenmen, Baihui, etc.) to calm the mind and soothe the emotions, which is also beneficial to the treatment of double heart disease.