Study on Treating Premature Ventricular Contractions Based on"Measuring the Severity of a Disease and Removing Blood Stasis and Fluid Retention"
The pathogenesis of premature ventricular contractions is divided into two types:deficiency and excess.Deficiency refers to deficiency of qi and blood,yin and yang,blood vessels depletion,and palpations due to mental disturbance.While excess refers to qi stagnation,blood stasis,phlegm retention,stagnated fire,which blocks qi-blood circulation,and disturbs the mind.The clinical manifes-tations are intermingled deficiency and excess.The treatment should deal with the root cause and manifestations together,balance qi and blood,yin and yang,and eliminate the accumulation of long-term stasis.Based on the theory of"measuring the severity of a disease,and removing blood stasis and fluid retention",the treatment should involve the root cause and manifestations together.For the root cause,the methods of boosting qi and nourishing blood to supplement the heart vessel,balancing yin and yang to eliminate the source of palpi-tations can be adopted.For manifestations,activating blood circulation and remove stasis to dredge the blood vessel,regulating qi and re-solving phlegm to relieve the chest pain,clearing the heart and reducing fire to calm the mind can be adopted.The commonly used for-mulas are Spleen-Restoring Decoction,Cinnamon Twig and Licorice and Os Draconis and Concha Ostreae Decoction,Blood Mansion Sta-sis-Expelling Decoction,Trichosanthes and Chinese Chive and Pinellia Decoction,Coptis and Gallbladder-Warming Decoction.
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