Proprietary medicines for the heart

Chinese patent medicines for treating the heart are commonly used in clinical practice, such as Quick-acting Heart-saving Pills, Musk Heart-protecting Pills, and Pai Zi Heart-raising Pills, etc. Different medicines are used for different diseases and types of evidence. 1. Quick-acting Heart-Saving Pill is composed of chuanxiong rhizome and bingshi tablet, which has the efficacy of promoting qi and blood circulation (to promote gas flow to make blood circulate), eliminating blood stasis and relieving pain (to remove blood stasis and relieve pain), and can be used in treating coronary heart disease with qi stagnation and blood stasis (because of blood stasis due to lack of qi circulation) and angina pectoris. This product is contraindicated in pregnant women, and should not be used alone for chest paralysis (chest tightness and pain) cardiac pain due to cold stagnation and blood stasis, yin deficiency and blood stasis, and should not be used with caution by those with a history of allergy, or myocardial ischemia accompanied by moderate-to-severe heart failure. Its adverse effects are not clear. 2. Musk Heart Pill is composed of artificial musk, ginseng extract, artificial cowhuang, cinnamon, suhexiang, toadstool and ice tablet, which has the effects of aromatic warming (to dispel cold in the body with aromatic and pungent dispersal, warming the meridians and opening up the veins), benefiting the qi and strengthening the heart (to strengthen the heart function by replenishing the qi), and it can be used in the treatment of thoracic paralysis due to stagnation of qi and blood stasis. Those who take this product sublingually may occasionally experience numbness of the tongue. This product is contraindicated in pregnant women and those who are allergic to this product. 3. Pachyderm Pill is composed of Pachyderm, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and other traditional Chinese medicines. It has the efficacy of replenishing qi, nourishing blood and tranquilizing the mind, and is used in the treatment of deficiency and coldness of the heart qi, palpitation (accelerated heartbeat often accompanied by panic attacks) with easy startling, insomnia with excessive sleepiness and forgetfulness. Its adverse effects are not clear, avoid eating spicy food. If you need to take the above drugs, please under the guidance of a professional physician, do not take on your own, so as not to affect your health.