Viral Myocarditis
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心悸，发热，恶寒，胸闷气短，左胸隐痛，咳嗽，神疲乏力，口干，舌红苔白，脉浮数或促
Plain-Language Explanation:
- You may feel palpitations and heart uneasiness, with a fluttering and unsettled sensation in the chest.
- You may have fever, and your body feels hot and uncomfortable.
- You may feel chilly, and cold or wind exposure can easily make you feel colder.
- The chest feels tight and breathing is short, often feeling like you cannot get enough air.
- There may be a dull pain in the left side of the chest; the pain is not severe but recurs.
- Cough may occur, with recurrent episodes that are hard to resolve.
- You may feel mentally fatigued and weak, becoming easily exhausted when doing things.
- The mouth feels dry and you constantly want to drink water, yet drinking does not seem to moisten it enough.
- The tongue body appears reddish, while the tongue coating is white, creating a noticeable contrast on the tongue surface.
- On pulse examination, the pulse is floating and somewhat rapid, or even more hurried.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热解毒，佐以活血
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By clearing accumulated heat and toxins from the body, inhibiting inflammatory reactions, and preserving fluids to quench thirst, it may gradually relieve heat-toxin manifestations such as fever, irritability, sore throat, bitter and dry mouth, red and swollen sores or boils on the skin, and dark yellowish urine.
- By supplementing with blood-activating measures, improving microcirculation, and resolving stasis, it helps reduce redness and swelling, promotes tissue repair, and gradually alleviates discomfort such as stabbing and distending pain, local darkish hard lumps, and restricted movement.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心悸，胸闷，寒热起伏，全身肌肉酸痛，肢体乏力，恶心呕吐，腹痛泄泻，舌红，苔黄腻，脉濡数或结代
Plain-Language Explanation:
- You may feel palpitations and an unstable heartbeat, with an uneasy and uncomfortable feeling inside.
- The chest feels tight and suffocating, and breathing feels unsmooth.
- There may be alternating chills and fever, with the sensations of cold and heat coming in turns.
- Muscles throughout the body may feel sore and achy, and are uncomfortable during movement or when touched.
- The limbs feel weak and powerless, and you easily become fatigued and lack strength when doing things.
- Nausea may occur, possibly leading to actual vomiting.
- The abdomen may ache and feel uncomfortable, with loose stools and a tendency to diarrhea.
- The tongue body appears reddish, looking redder than usual.
- The tongue coating is yellow and sticky, and the tongue surface looks thick and greasy.
- On pulse examination, the pulse is soft and somewhat rapid, or may have intermittent skips and irregular beats.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热化湿，宁心安神
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By clearing accumulated heat and resolving dampness-turbidity in the body, it may gradually relieve discomfort such as chest and epigastric distension and oppression, bitter and sticky taste in the mouth, heavy-headedness and fatigue, and short, yellowish urination.
- By calming the heart and soothing the mind, easing irritability and tension, it helps reduce palpitations, restlessness, insomnia, and excessive dreaming, leading to more stable moods and more restful sleep. By clearing accumulated heat and resolving dampness-turbidity in the body, it may gradually relieve discomfort such as chest and epigastric distension and oppression, bitter and sticky taste in the mouth, heavy-headedness and fatigue, and short, yellowish urination.
- By calming the heart and soothing the mind, easing irritability and tension, it helps reduce palpitations, restlessness, insomnia, and excessive dreaming, leading to more stable moods and more restful sleep.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心悸怔忡，胸胁作痛，痛如针刺，神疲乏力，少气懒言，舌质紫暗或有瘀斑，脉涩或结代
Plain-Language Explanation:
- You may feel palpitations and unease, often with a sensation of fright and alarm.
- There may be pain in the lateral chest and rib area, with a sharp, needle-like, pricking discomfort.
- You may feel mentally exhausted and weak, short of breath, reluctant to talk much, and easily become fatigued when doing things.
- The tongue body appears purplish or dark, or purple stasis spots or patches may be visible.
- On pulse examination, the pulse feels rough and unsmooth, or may have intermittent pauses and irregular beats.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
益气养心，活血化瘀
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By tonifying the vital qi and nourishing the heart blood, it helps improve cardiac nourishment, gradually relieving shortness of breath, fatigue, palpitations, insomnia, and a lusterless complexion.
- By activating blood, moving stagnation, resolving blood stasis, and unblocking the channels, it helps gradually alleviate discomfort related to stasis, such as fixed stabbing pain, chest oppression and distension pain, and numbness and cold sensations.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心悸怔忡，心胸憋闷而痛，畏冷肢凉，面色㿠白，自汗懒言，神疲气短，或下肢浮肿，唇舌色暗，舌淡胖或淡紫，苔白，脉弱或结代
Plain-Language Explanation:
- You may feel palpitations and uneasiness, often with a sensation of fright and alarm, making it difficult to calm your mind.
- The chest and precordial area feel tight and suffocating, with pain that becomes worse when breathing.
- You are distinctly sensitive to cold, with cold hands and feet, and these discomforts worsen when exposed to cold.
- The complexion is very pale without rosiness, with a light and washed-out appearance, looking overall bloodless.
- There may be spontaneous sweating even without activity, along with reluctance to speak, saying little and in a low, weak voice.
- You feel mentally weary and fatigued, with shortness of breath as if not getting enough air, which easily worsens after exertion.
- There may be swelling in the lower limbs, making the legs and feet look puffy, and discomfort increases after walking for a while.
- The lips and tongue appear darkish, lacking their usual rosy color.
- The tongue body is pale and slightly enlarged, or shows a light purple tinge.
- The tongue coating is white, and the tongue surface looks whitish and relatively clean.
- On pulse examination, the pulse is weak or may have intermittent pauses and irregular beats.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
温振心阳，宁心安神
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By warming and invigorating the heart yang and enhancing its driving force, it helps ensure adequate cardiac function, gradually relieving sensitivity to cold, cold hands and feet, chest oppression, and fatigue.
- By calming the heart and soothing the mind, alleviating nervousness and fright, it helps reduce palpitations, heart flusters, irritability, and insomnia, leading to more stable moods and more restful sleep.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心悸气短，自汗倦怠，疲乏无力，神疲头晕，失眠多梦，颧红，口干少津，舌红少苔，脉弱而数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- You may feel palpitations and shortness of breath, always feeling like you cannot get enough air.
- Even without activity, you may sweat spontaneously, and at the same time you appear tired and listless.
- You often feel weak and lack strength, easily becoming tired and unable to muster energy when doing things.
- You may feel mentally low, along with dizziness, blurred vision, and a floating sensation.
- At night, it is hard to fall asleep and there is frequent dreaming; even when asleep, sleep is not restful.
- The cheekbones are often red and warm, giving the cheeks a flushed appearance.
- The mouth feels dry and you want to drink water, feeling that saliva is insufficient to provide moisture.
- The tongue body is reddish, with very little or almost no tongue coating.
- On pulse examination, the pulse is distinctly weak and somewhat rapid, with insufficient beating force.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
益气养阴，宁心安神
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By tonifying the vital qi and nourishing the body fluids, it helps boost physical strength, gradually relieving discomfort such as dry mouth and throat, tidal heat, night sweats, and vexing heat sensations.
- By calming the heart and soothing the mind, alleviating nervousness and fright, it helps reduce palpitations, heart flusters, insomnia, and excessive dreaming, leading to more stable moods and more restful sleep.
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