Coronary Heart Disease Angina Pectoris
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心前区刺痛或闷痛，痛有定处，痛处拒按，夜间尤甚，面色黧黑，或唇甲青紫，或皮下瘀斑，舌质暗或有瘀斑，舌下络脉曲张，脉涩或结代
Plain-Language Explanation:
- There may be stabbing pain or a sensation of oppression in the chest, causing considerable discomfort.
- The location of the pain tends to be fixed and does not move or radiate much.
- Pressing on the painful area worsens the discomfort, and the person clearly resists having it touched.
- The pain is often more pronounced at night and may feel worse than during the daytime.
- The complexion appears dark and dull, lacking luster and color.
- The lips or fingernails may take on a bluish or purplish tinge and look rather dark.
- Purplish ecchymosis may appear under the skin with uneven color.
- The tongue appears dark or has purplish spots and patches, lacking a fresh, moist appearance.
- The sublingual veins look distended, tortuous, and relatively prominent.
- The pulse feels hesitant or irregular, at times as if it skips a beat.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
活血化瘀，通络止痛
Plain-Language Explanation:
- It helps promote blood circulation and resolve blood stasis, allowing the blood to flow more smoothly.
- It works by unblocking obstructed channels so that qi and blood can move freely, thereby offering relief from pain.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心前区闷痛，肢节疼重，体胖痰多，胸脘痞闷，呕恶，纳呆腹胀，舌苔腻，脉滑或弦
Plain-Language Explanation:
- There is a persistent feeling of oppression and pain in the chest, as if something is pressing down on it.
- The limbs and joints are painful and feel heavy, and this heaviness becomes more noticeable with movement.
- Body shape tends to be overweight, with copious sticky phlegm and a frequent sensation of phlegm in the throat.
- There is a persistent feeling of fullness and distention in the chest and upper abdomen, causing discomfort and unease.
- Nausea may occur with occasional retching or vomiting.
- Appetite is poor and food intake is reduced, accompanied by a tendency for abdominal bloating and discomfort.
- The tongue coating appears thick and greasy, with a sticky surface that is not fresh.
- The pulse may feel slippery or wiry when palpated.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
化痰泄浊，宣痹通阳
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By transforming phlegm-dampness and expelling turbid qi, it helps create a cleaner and smoother internal environment so that the body’s transportation functions are no longer hindered.
- By dispersing obstructions, unblocking closures, and supporting yang qi, it helps qi and blood move more robustly, warming the limbs and easing joint mobility.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心痛如绞，痛势剧烈，突然发作，遇寒加剧，得温痛减，畏冷，肢凉，口淡不渴，或喜热饮，面青唇紫，舌质淡暗，苔薄，脉沉弦或迟
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Pain in the chest may feel like a squeezing or wrenching sensation.
- The pain comes on very intensely and may feel unbearable.
- The pain strikes suddenly without obvious warning signs.
- The pain significantly worsens with exposure to cold.
- The pain may ease once the area becomes warm.
- There is an aversion to cold, with a preference for warm surroundings.
- The hands and feet feel cold to the touch.
- There is little sense of taste in the mouth and thirst is not prominent.
- Sometimes there is a preference for warm drinks and heated water.
- The complexion appears bluish or dark, and the lips take on a purplish hue.
- The tongue is pale and somewhat dark, lacking a healthy reddish tinge.
- The tongue coating is relatively thin, not heavily layered.
- The pulse feels deep, wiry, or slow on palpation.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
温通心阳，开痹散结
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By warming and supporting heart yang, it activates heart yang qi, disperses internal cold stagnation, and helps blood move through the vessels more forcefully and smoothly.
- By dispersing obstructions and resolving stagnation, it helps open the channels so that qi and blood can flow freely, gradually relieving associated chest fullness and pain.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心前区隐隐作痛，遇劳加重，形体消瘦，声低气怯，口干欲饮，五心烦热，潮热盗汗，两颧潮红，舌质红，苔薄少津，脉细数或沉细
Plain-Language Explanation:
- There is a dull, gnawing pain in the chest area.
- The pain worsens with activity or exertion.
- The body tends to be thin, with low body weight or obvious emaciation.
- The voice is low and weak, lacking strength.
- There is a dry mouth and a desire to drink.
- The palms and soles feel warm, and there is a sensation of heat and restlessness in the chest.
- There may be periodic heat sensations in the afternoon or at night, accompanied by night sweating.
- Flushing appears over the cheekbones.
- The tongue body is reddish in color.
- The tongue coating is thin with reduced moisture, and the surface feels dry.
- The pulse feels thin and rapid, or deep and thin.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
益气养阴，通络止痛
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By supplementing healthy qi and nourishing yin fluids, it supports the body in feeling more energetic, helps reduce dry mouth, and makes the internal environment more moisturized.
- By unblocking obstructed channels, it helps qi and blood move smoothly, thereby easing pain and numbness.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
心前区闷痛，遇寒加重，畏寒，神倦懒言，面色㿠白，自汗，腰膝酸软，腰冷，形寒肢冷，下肢尤甚，小便不利或清长，舌质淡胖，有齿痕，苔薄白，脉沉细或微
Plain-Language Explanation:
- A suffocating pain appears in the chest, accompanied by a feeling of oppression.
- The pain clearly intensifies when exposed to cold.
- There is a marked sensitivity to cold, with a preference for staying in warm places.
- There is mental fatigue and physical weakness, with little desire to talk.
- The complexion appears very pale, lacking a rosy tone, and the overall look is poor.
- Spontaneous sweating occurs even at rest, and it becomes more obvious with slight movement.
- The lower back and knees often feel sore, weak, and lacking in strength.
- The lower back feels cold, and there is often a sensation that the waist is sensitive to cold.
- The body is intolerant of cold, with cold hands and feet, and the legs and feet feel even colder.
- Urination may be somewhat hesitant, or the urine is clear and pale with a relatively large volume over a long time.
- The tongue appears pale and slightly puffy or enlarged.
- Tooth marks are visible along the edges of the tongue.
- The tongue coating is relatively thin and white in color.
- The pulse feels deep and thin, or weak on palpation.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
温补心肾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- By warming and supporting the yang qi and healthy qi of the heart and kidneys, it helps dispel internal cold, giving the whole body more warmth and drive.
- By supplementing the qi and essence-blood of the heart and kidneys, it helps calm the mind and invigorate physical strength, thereby may help relieve discomfort such as palpitations, insomnia, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, and cold limbs.
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