Diagnostic Information and Acupuncture and Herbal Treatment of Heart Blood Stagnation

Heart Blood Stagnation - Basics

Angina, chest oppression, HT Pain which may radiate down to the left arm or to shoulder (emotionally a/or physiologically related), palpitations, cyanosis of the lips (in more severe cases).

• Tongue Diagnosis - Theory

Purplish.

• Pulse Diagnosis - Theory

Knotted.

Heart Blood Stagnation - Related Acupuncture Points

The following (6) acupuncture points may be useful for heart blood stagnation. A subset of these could potentially be useful with acupressure stimulation and/or tongren therapy methods as well.

Generally treatment would be based on the TCM patterns listed above instead of selecting points by function alone, (see general points selection rules.)

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Heart Blood Stagnation - Formulas From Our Store

The following herbal formulas are potentially useful in the process of treating heart blood stagnation. For a complete list from our store with more details see our heart blood stagnation formula section.

• Fu Fang Dan Shen Wan
• Nyiing Nae Menja – Heart Problems Tea

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Heart Blood Stagnation - Conditions and Possibilities

The Chinese Medicine treatment of heart blood stagnation generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).

The following 2 conditions may arise from heart blood stagnation . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.