Heart blockage (chest tightness) and breathlessness (shortness of breath) can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine, but one should first go to the hospital and get a clear diagnosis before adopting traditional Chinese medicine according to one’s condition.
Tightness in the chest and shortness of breath, accompanied by pain in the heart and chest, pain like pins and needles, and petechiae on the tongue, are heart and blood stasis (insufficient qi in the heart, obstruction of blood flow), and can be treated with Hematopoietic Blood Stasis Soup, which mainly consists of Chuanxiong Xiong, peach kernel, safflower, red peony, and Chai Hu.
Tightness and shortness of breath in the chest, triggered or aggravated by emotional upsets, with distention and fullness in the epigastrium (abdomen), relieved by belching (hiccups), for Qi stagnation (obstruction of Qi’s operation), one can take Chai Hu Shun Liver Relieving Essence, which mainly contains the drugs Chai Hu, Hovenia, Fragrance, Chen Pi, and Chuan Xiong. Chest tightness and shortness of breath, accompanied by cardiothoracic pain, aggravated by cold, usually afraid of cold limbs cold, for cold condensation of the heart veins (cold evils coalescing and blocking the heart veins), you can take Angelica Si-Reverse Soup, which mainly contains cinnamon sticks, Angelica sinensis, Paeonia lactiflora, and Sinica, and other medicines.
It is recommended to go to the hospital in time for systematic examination and diagnosis if there is any discomfort, after clarifying the condition, then the doctor will guide the medication according to the patient’s condition, do not blindly use the medication on your own, so as to avoid delaying the condition.