Can TCM treat chronic heart failure?

Traditional Chinese medicine can improve patients' symptoms, delay or reverse ventricular remodeling, improve cardiac function, improve quality of life, and prolong patients' lifespan in chronic heart failure. Chronic heart failure is a clinical syndrome that causes cardiac diastolic dysfunction caused by different **, so that the cardiac output can not meet the needs of systemic metabolism for blood flow when the circulating blood volume and vasomotor function are normal, resulting in hemodynamic abnormalities and abnormal activation of neurohormones, which is the result of the gradual development of a variety of chronic heart diseases, and is mainly characterized by dyspnea, edema and fatigue, which belongs to the category of palpitations and heart water in traditional Chinese medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of this disease is related to the repeated invasion of external evils, fatigue and internal injury, and that the deficiency of heart and qi and the lack of luck of the network qi are the basic pathogenesis of the disease, and blood stasis, phlegm drinking, and water dampness are important pathological factors, so the simultaneous treatment of qi, blood, and water is the three major rules of heart failure. ** When it is necessary to invigorate qi and blood, dissolve phlegm and channel, warm yang and benefit water, and at the same time, according to the different emphasis of phlegm, stasis and water, apply them to the method of invigorating blood, dissolving phlegm and benefiting water.

TCM heart failure also has a good effect, mainly according to different conditions dialectical treatment. If it is an acute attack of heart failure, it can be rescued by Western medicine, and then after the condition is stabilized, Chinese patent medicine Shenmai injection can be used to control blood pressure; In addition, you can also choose drugs that strengthen the spleen, replenish qi, diuretic, and warm yang, which is conducive to reducing the burden on the heart and relieving the symptoms of edema. In addition, you can also use traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture points for **, or you can choose to massage**.

Chronic heart failure can be caused by long-term heart disease or other causes, and is manifested by symptoms such as chest pain, difficulty breathing, poor mental state, and loss of appetite. It is recommended to use traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine together, Chinese medicine conditioning is fundamental, and Western medicine will achieve better results in relieving symptoms. Do not do heavy physical work, do not walk for a long time, take appropriate rest, and reduce the load on the heart.

Additional question: How many levels of heart function are there now, did you have any heart disease before?

Chronic heart failure belongs to the category of heart failure in traditional Chinese medicine, and the effect of taking traditional Chinese medicine is better, and it has the following advantages compared with Western medicine:

1. It can significantly improve the diastolic function of the heart, eliminate various symptoms of chronic heart failure, and significantly improve the quality of life of patients;

2. Reduce the toxicity of western medicine, and can prolong the life of patients and reduce the death of patients;

3. It can improve the ejection fraction of the left ventricle and enhance the patient's tolerance; 4. Enhance physical fitness, reduce patients' heart failure**, and reduce the rehospitalization rate. In short, heart failure, especially chronic heart failure, with traditional Chinese medicine, has a good effect, and is generally commonly used in clinical practice, such as Shengmaisan, Zhenwu Tang, etc., with good results.

Traditional Chinese medicine has a certain effect on heart failure, commonly used heart failure of the beneficial qi and blood, swelling and water, warm and yang of traditional Chinese medicine, can cooperate with the heart failure, commonly used classic prescriptions are Zhenwu soup, ginseng soup, the main ingredients of Zhenwu soup is aconite, poria, atractylodes, white peony, as well as ginger, cinnamon and other medicines, with the effect of warming yang and invigorating qi, invigorating blood and water.

Yes, the chronic heart failure of traditional Chinese medicine has gradually become a new trend, such as Qili Qiangxin Capsule, which is a drug that has the combined application of four types of Western medicines commonly used at the same time, which can not only play a role in strengthening the heart, diuresis and vasodilation for heart failure, but also effectively eliminate symptoms such as palpitation, dyspnea, inability to sleep at night, edema of the lower limbs, fatigue and other symptoms in patients with heart failure, and can also shrink the heart of heart failure, which is to improve the ventricular reconstruction called by modern medicine. At the same time, it can also inhibit the overactivation of the neuroendocrine system, improve the long-term prognosis of patients with heart failure, delay the process of heart failure, and relieve the pain of patients, and the drug has been confirmed by evidence-based medical research. The project "Construction of the Context Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Its Guidance for the Prevention and Treatment of Microvascular Lesions", which is mainly based on its relevant scientific research achievements, won the first prize of the 2019 National Science and Technology Progress Award.

In addition, based on the good efficacy of chronic heart failure, Qili Qiangxin Capsule has been included in the "Chinese Heart Failure Diagnosis and Guidelines" and "Chinese Dilated Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis and Guidelines", which has received extensive attention from the medical community at home and abroad.