Coronary Heart Disease #6

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Astragali	Huang Qi	30g	Tonifies Qi and Blood, strengthens the Spleen and raises the Yang Qi of the Spleen and Stomach. With Mai Men Dong and Wu Wei Zi, for night sweats.
Rx. Pseudostellariae	Tai Zi Shen	15g	Strengthens the Spleen and tonifies Qi and generates Body Fluids. With Wu Wei Zi, nourishes Fluids. With Wu Wei Zi and Suan Zao Ren, for Qi Deficiency with increased sweat, insomnia, irritability and debility.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen	24g	Clears Heat, Dispels Blood Stasis, Invigorates the Blood, Soothes irritability.
Hb. Dendrobii	Shi Hu	15g	Clears Heat, Enriches Kidney Yin and reduces Heat from Deficiency, Generates fluids, Nourishes Yin.
Stir-fried Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae	Suan Zao Ren	20g	Nourishes Heart Yin, tonifies the Liver Blood and calms the Spirit.
Fr. Crataegi	Shan Zha	15g	Reduces and guides out Food Stagnation, transforms accumulations, transforms Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation, dissipates clumps and treats hypertension, elevated serum cholesterol, and coronary artery disease. With Dan Shen, for painful obstruction of the chest due to Blood Stasis in the Heart channel.
Fr. Schisandrae	Wu Wei Zi	10g	Astringes sweat, Calms and contains Heart Qi, Generates fluids, Quiets the Spirit, Tonifies Qi.
Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong	15g	Nourishes Stomach and Lung Yin, generates fluids, clears the Heart and eliminates irritability.

Formula Actions

• Tonifies Qi
• Nourishes Yin
• Invigorates the Blood
• Calms the Shen

Syndromes

• Qi and Yin Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations

Insidious Heart pain Long standing Heart illness Chest oppression Chronic cough or Dry cough Dry mouth Dry throat Chronic dyspnea Dizziness Insomnia Restlessness Thirst with a preference for hot drinks Hungers easily with no desire for food

Night sweats Spontaneous perspiration Weakness Generalized fatigue Palpitations Shortness of breath Fever Irritability T: Red and dry or Red and swollen C: Little or None or White and dry P: Thready and weak or Thready and rapid or Bound or Regularly interrupted or Slow and Choppy

Treats

Coronary Heart disease

Coronary artery disease

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For severe chest pain:		For thirst with a desire to drink:
+ Ram. Cinnamomi	Gui Zhi	+ Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata	Shu Di Huang
+ Sm. Persicae	Tao Ren
For listlessness:		+ Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu
+ Rx. Panacis Quinquefolii	Xi Yang Shen