Arrhythmia refers to abnormal frequency and rhythm of Heart beating. Clinical manifestations are rapid or slow heart rate, irregular heart beating, or early heart beat-ing, flutter, vibration, stoppage of beating and other related syndromes. Arrhythmia is usually either rapid arrhythmia or slow arrhythmia. Arrhythmia is similar to palpitation and severe palpitation in TCM. This disease is usually caused by weak constitution, emotional stimulation and invasion of pathogenic factors that lead to malnutrition of the heart due to deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang; or by phlegm-fire attacking the heart and stagnation of heart blood. In severe cases even sudden loss of heart yang and separation of yin and yang may be caused.
Syndrome differentiation
1. Asthenia of the heart and gallbladder
Palpitation, susceptibility to fright, restlessness, in-somnia and dreaminess, light-colored tongue with white fur, taut and thin pulse.
2. Interior disturbance of phlegm-fire
Palpitation and chest oppression, restlessness and susceptibility to rage, insomnia and disturbed sleep, dry stool and brown urine, red tongue with yellow and greasy fur, slippery and rapid pulse.
3. Insufficiency of heart blood
Palpitation and dizziness, lusterless complexion, las-situde, amnesia and insomnia, light-red tongue with thin and white fur, thin and weak pulse or slow pulse with ir-regular intervals and slow regular intermittent pulse.
4. Stagnation of blood in collaterals
Palpitation and shortness of breath, stabbing pain in the chest, or cyanotic lips and nails, purplish tongue or tongue with ecchymoses, thin and unsmooth pulse or slow pulse with irregular intervals and slow regular intermit-tent pulse.
5. Inactivation of heart yang
Palpitation, dizziness, cold body and limbs, chest op-pression and shortness of breath, edema and scanty urine, light-colored and bulgy tongue or with purplish appearance, thin and white tongue fur, deep and slow pulse or slow pulse with irregular intervals and slow regular intermittent pulse.
Heart tips
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Syndrome differentiation
1. Asthenia of the heart and gallbladder
Palpitation, susceptibility to fright, restlessness, in-somnia and dreaminess, light-colored tongue with white fur, taut and thin pulse.
2. Interior disturbance of phlegm-fire
Palpitation and chest oppression, restlessness and susceptibility to rage, insomnia and disturbed sleep, dry stool and brown urine, red tongue with yellow and greasy fur, slippery and rapid pulse.
3. Insufficiency of heart blood
Palpitation and dizziness, lusterless complexion, las-situde, amnesia and insomnia, light-red tongue with thin and white fur, thin and weak pulse or slow pulse with ir-regular intervals and slow regular intermittent pulse.
4. Stagnation of blood in collaterals
Palpitation and shortness of breath, stabbing pain in the chest, or cyanotic lips and nails, purplish tongue or tongue with ecchymoses, thin and unsmooth pulse or slow pulse with irregular intervals and slow regular intermit-tent pulse.
5. Inactivation of heart yang
Palpitation, dizziness, cold body and limbs, chest op-pression and shortness of breath, edema and scanty urine, light-colored and bulgy tongue or with purplish appearance, thin and white tongue fur, deep and slow pulse or slow pulse with irregular intervals and slow regular intermittent pulse.
Heart tips
Learn more about heart disease and arrhythima, you can visit TCM Discovery.Net for more information.
