How to choose the right food for coronary heart disease patients?

  Coronary heart disease belongs to the category of “chest paralysis” and “heart pain” in Chinese medicine, mostly caused by the deficiency of the heart’s yin and yang qi and blood, as well as cold, heat, phlegm, qi stagnation, blood stasis.  In the identification of the typology is often divided into the following types: you can choose the appropriate food to assist in the treatment of their own situation 1, the cold evil offending the heart, the vegetative heart Qi deficiency or heart Yang is not invigorated, and due to the invasion of cold evil, “two deficient phase to get” cold condensation in the chest, chest Yang loss of exhibition, paralysis of the heart veins. It often manifests as fear of cold and preference for warmth, and when it is cold or cold wind, the heart pain is easy to make or intensify, with dark tongue, thin white moss, and sunken tight pulse.  Yang method: food therapy mainly with the selection of warm food warming Yang, warming Yang dispersing cold such as: rice wine, yellow wine, eggs, red wine, beef and mutton, chicken, onions, carrots, longan meat, lychee, red dates, red beans, etc..  2, the heat of the heart is not enough heart qi, to the heat of the summer, committed in the heart of the king, depleting the heart qi, qi and fluid leak, every lead to blood vessels do not run smoothly and heart pain. Heartburn, dry mouth, irritability, shortness of breath, red tongue, and deficient pulse.  The heart method: watermelon, lily, white lentil soup, lotus seeds red bean soup, lotus leaf porridge, etc.  3, the seven emotions of internal injury, worry and anger, the heart and liver Qi stagnation, blood vessels do not run smoothly and cause heart pain, of which the liver Qi regulation is the most important. The symptoms are fullness and tightness of the heart and chest, vague pains, indefinite pains, sometimes wanting to take a rest, aggravated by emotional disorders, and thin and astringent pulse.  Hawthorn with carrots, sweet and sour food and a small amount of red wine, chocolate will improve the mood.  4, diet disorder Eating sorghum and thick food with abandon, or hunger and satiety irregularly, over time damage the spleen and stomach, transport and transformation failure, diet can not biochemical qi and blood, but gather moisture and produce phlegm, the upper offense of the heart and chest clear and open area, clear Yang does not show, heart vein paralysis, resulting in heart pain. Chest tightness and body fatness, increased chest tightness on cloudy days, dullness, tiredness, sticky mouth, white greasy moss, sunken and slippery pulse.  The method of eliminating food and guiding stagnation: radish, bamboo shoots, coriander (coriander), chrysanthemum, hawthorn, lentils, coix seeds, oranges, kelp, oranges, less pork, because pork is cold, more food is easy to produce phlegm and help dampness, avoid eating peaches, help dampness and heat. Damp-heat people should drink green tea, cold damp people black tea is better.  5, deficiency of qi and blood deficiency of qi and blood, the heart veins are not nourished, heart pain vague, in case of labor, weakness and shortness of breath, light tongue with thin white coating, sinking pulse.  Qi and blood nourishment method: appropriate amount of beef and mutton, milk, yogurt, eggs, carrots, longan meat, lychee, red beans, red dates, lotus seeds, purple rice, etc.  For patients with a mixture of cold and heat, the choice of food should be flexible and not rigid. It is best to ask your doctor to help you identify what kind of condition you are in.