Insufficient blood supply to the heart belongs to the category of palpitation and chest paralysis (chest tightness and pain) in Chinese medicine, etc. If it belongs to the evidence of qi deficiency and blood stasis, rhodiola rosea can be taken.
Rhodiola rosea is a kind of qi tonic, which is the dried root and rhizome of Rhodiola grandiflora of Sedum family. It is sweet in taste, bitter in nature and flat in nature, and belongs to the lung and heart meridians. This taste is sweet and enters the lung meridian. It can benefit lung qi and calm asthma and cough. It is suitable for lung deficiency, wheezing and coughing, and is often used with ginseng, astragalus and schizandra.
This drug can benefit qi and activate blood, clear the veins and relieve pain, and it also belongs to the heart meridian. If symptoms such as palpitation and shortness of breath, chest tightness, chest pain, fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), lack of qi and laziness (lack of strength, don’t want to talk), spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by the slightest movement of the sweating) are due to qi deficiency and blood stasis, it can be used to treat the disease.
If it is not one of the above types of evidence, treatment with Rhodiola rosea is not recommended. The adverse reactions and contraindications of Rhodiola rosea are not clear.
Patients with discomfort are recommended to consult a doctor in time to identify the cause of the disease and standardize the treatment. It is recommended to take the drug under the guidance of a doctor to avoid delaying the condition.