Arrhythmia in Natural Health

Overview

Arrhythmia refers to any disturbance in the rhythm of the heartbeat, its symptoms include pale face, fatigue, chest pain or oppression, palpitation, insomnia and excessive sweating. There may appear rapid, slow, rapid-irregular, slow-irregular and intermittent pulses in arrhythmia cases. In some mild cases, symptoms such as dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath, heavily sweating, cold limbs, even collapse may also be seen. Arrhythmia could induce stroke, heart attack and/or cardiac sudden death.

In conventional medicine, causes of arrhythmia are still not very clear, but it is mostly seen in patients with organic heart disease, such as coronary heart disease, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, rheumatic heart disease, high heart disease, heart failure, etc., as well as drug poisoning such as digitalis and quinidine. In natural health, its pathogenic factors include delicate constitution, improper diet, overstrain, emotional upset, exogenous factors and drug intoxication.

In conventional medicine, treatment for heart arrhythmia may include medications, therapies such as vagal maneuvers, cardioversion, catheter procedures or heart surgery. In natural health, there are different types we need to differentiate: Low energy of HS(Heart & Small Intestine System) and LG(Liver & Gallbladder System), Hot Phelgm Disturbance of HS, water energy low and fire toxin excessive, HS & KB(Kidney & Bladder System) fire energy low, and HS blood blockage, according to different types, there are related treatment plan.