What is heartache in Chinese medicine


Heartache, the name of the disease, is the general name of chest duct pain, from the "spiritual pivot · Meridians".

It generally refers to a disease caused by the heart itself, which is caused by the deficiency of Yin and Yang Qi and blood, cold coagulation, heat knot, phlegm obstruction, qi stagnation, blood stasis and other factors.

The ancients also called epigastric pain heartache. In addition, heartache also has the meaning of words and rhetoric and song names.

I feel pain where my heart is.

"Huainan Zi · Human Instruction" : "King Gong wanted to resume the war, so that people called the Sima Zi anti, Zi anti resignation with heartache."

"Book of Jin · Gu Kaizhi Biography" : "Taste pleasant a neighbor woman, pick the Fu from, is to figure its shape in the wall, with the thorn needle to nail its heart, the woman then suffered from heartache. Kai because of his affection, the woman followed, then close the needle and healed."

"Outlaws of the Marsh" the second time: "Wang Jindao: 'really do not hide from Taigong said, the old mother pommel horse tired, heart pains last night. '"

The ancient name of the disease

The ancients also called the stomach duct pain heartache, "Danxi heart law · Heart spleen pain" : "heartache is stomach duct pain."

clinical signs and symptoms

(1) Sudden onset of compression pain after the middle of the sternum or the upper sternum may radiate to the lower jaw, left shoulder, left inner upper limb, to the left wrist, ring finger, and little finger.

It can also radiate downward to the upper abdomen; Sometimes to the neck, pharynx, etc., often accompanied by sweating, pale face and forced to stop moving.

(2) The course of general labor angina lasts for a month or more, the attack lasts for a few minutes, more than 5 minutes, after rest or the removal of certain incentives can be quickly stopped, supine angina must be relieved after sitting up, subelingua containing nitroglycerin can often make the pain attack disappear within 2 to 3 minutes.

Worsening or variant angina usually lasts longer (30 minutes to more than 1 hour).

(3) Related symptoms: angina pectoris, precardiac pain, etc.

(4) Growth pain: young people in the process of growing up, cardiovascular and myocardial development is not coordinated caused by growth pain, generally after an age will naturally eliminate pain, so there is no need to worry.

Pathological pathogenesis

① Pain in the precardiac area or heart pit.

It is caused by cold wind and evil spirits taking the heart, blood stasis Yang failure and heart pulse obstruction.

"On the Source of diseases and symptoms of heart pain" : "The heart for the Tibetan Lord and hide God, its serious can not be hurt, hurt and pain for the true pain, to die, die." The heart has a different vein, which is taken by the wind cold, does not hurt the serious, also makes heartache, then it is very, so it becomes rash (through "it", disease also) not to die.

Treating appropriate warming Yang Tongmai, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and phlegm and other methods.

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