Treatment Methods for Rheumatic Heart Disease
Rheumatic Heart Disease 1
This condition results from chronic valvular lesions caused by rheumatic heart disease, leading to valve stenosis or insufficiency, impairing normal blood flow, causing enlargement of the ventricles and atria, eventually exceeding the heart’s compensatory capacity, resulting in arrhythmias and heart failure. Clinical symptoms include dyspnea, hemoptysis, palpitations, cough, angina pectoris 1, etc.
The cause is related to infection by hemolytic streptococcus, primarily involving systemic allergic reactions, mainly affecting joints, heart valves, and myocardium. Common secret formulas and folk remedies for rheumatic heart disease are as follows.
[Formula One]
Zhi Gancao, Ejiao each 10g, Dangshen 15g, Shengdi 20–30g, Guizhi 9g, Maidong 10g, Chaihu 9g, Wujia Pi 10g, Danshen 11–15g, ginger and jujube as guide herbs. Decoct and take orally, one dose daily, twice daily.
[Formula Two]
Hanfangji 15g, Yuzhu 9g, Huangqi 18g, Baizhu 9g, Baifuling 30–45g. Mix all herbs in a sandpot, add 500ml water, decoct to 100ml, filter and collect liquid; re-decoct residue with 400ml water to 80ml, filter and collect liquid, combine with first decoction to total 180ml, divide into three portions, warm and take three times daily.
[Formula Three]
Zhi Fuzi 7.5g, Baizhu, Fuling each 25g, Baishao 15g, Sheng Qi, Wujia Pi each 25g, Xixin 5g, Guizhi 7.5g, Wuweizi, Gancao each 10g, Shengjiang 15g. Soak herbs in water for half an hour, then decoct. First decoction boiled, simmer slowly for 30 minutes; second decoction boiled, simmer slowly for 20 minutes. Combine both decoctions. Divide into two doses, 100ml each, take after breakfast and dinner, about one hour later.
This formula is a clinical experience prescription by veteran TCM physician Zhao Zhengming from Liaoning Province for treating rheumatic heart disease.
[Formula Four]
Shanyao 960g, Heizhima, Chixiaodou each 360g, Jineijin 30g, Chao Zao Ren 480g, Bozi Ren 360g. Grind into fine powder, take 30g twice daily before meals, mix with warm water to form a paste and consume.
[Formula Five]
Edible oil, monosodium glutamate, salt, kelp, coix seed, eggs, and pepper powder as needed. Wash kelp, cut into strips; wash coix seed. Place both in pressure cooker, add water, stew until very soft. Heat iron wok over high flame, add edible oil, scramble eggs, then pour in kelp and coix seed with broth, add salt and pepper to taste, stew briefly, add monosodium glutamate before serving.
Strengthen heart, promote diuresis, activate blood, soften hardness—suitable for patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease, and rheumatic heart disease.<Heart Disease>