Diabetic heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in diabetic patients, and studies have found that the incidence of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is as high as 12%, which can lead to the death of more than 50% of diabetic patients.
I once met a 55-year-old male who had been diabetic for 10 years.
Fasting blood glucose 11mmol/L, accompanied by fatigue, polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, weight loss.
I have a history of self-medication, have taken metformin, and have also taken Chinese patent medicines, and occasionally have been relieved, but my blood sugar has remained high.
It wasn't until two years ago that symptoms of dizziness, palpitation, and dizziness began to appear.
When I went to the hospital for examination, I found that my heart function had decreased significantly, and complications gradually appeared. So they found me.
Research progress on the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy with astragalus-pueraria lobata compatibility
According to the clinical manifestations of DCM, it can be classified into the category of "thirst-quenching" complicated by "chest paralysis" and "palpitations" in traditional medicine. The pathogenesis of the disease is mostly qi and yin deficiency, phlegm and stasis obstruction. In the early stage, the deficiency of qi and yin in the heart and veins, with the prolongation of the course of the disease, leads to long-term illness, causing the accumulation of pathological products such as blood stasis and phlegm drinking, paralyzing the heart pulse, poor heart pulse, and heart network dystrophy, and finally due to the deficiency to the real, the virtual and the real are mixed.
Astragalus-Pueraria lobata is a relatively fixed form of traditional Chinese medicine composed of two flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, Astragalus membranaceus and Pueraria lobata.
Astragalus is sweet and slightly warm, and has the effects of tonifying the spleen and lungs and raising the vitality of the spleen and lungs, dilatating blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, fighting adrenaline, diuresis and so on. Pueraria Ganxin, flat in nature, has the effects of promoting Qingyang, generating Jin, increasing blood flow to the brain and coronary arteries, and protecting the myocardium from ischemia. The two drugs are compatible, astragalus replenishes qi and promotes yang, and pueraria lobata promotes and invigorates blood, and the two complement each other, which can strengthen the effect of invigorating qi and clearing the pulse and relieving dizziness.
Source: Cheng Anran, Wang Yuying, Hua Jian, Tang Lihao, Cui Dezhi.Theoretical discussion on the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy with Astragalus-Pueraria lobata [J]. Chinese Herbal Medicine, 2023, 54(23): 7853-7861
Astragalus-Pueraria lobata compatibility, application in the treatment of diabetes
The above-mentioned patients self-medicate, and the condition is aggravated by the disease for a long time, resulting in decreased heart function, complications and other problems.
Immediate diagnosis: fasting blood glucose 11.5mmol/L, dry mouth and thirst, polydipsia, polyphagia, weight loss, sweating, palpitation, fatigue, dizziness, dizziness.
At that time, he was prescribed a prescription: astragalus, yam, zhimu, smallpox pollen, yaga meat, kudzu, chicken inner gold, poria cocos, schisandra and so on. After taking it for about 2 months, the blood sugar has been lowered, and it has stabilized between 5.4~5.8mmol/L during the period. The symptoms of three more and one less are gone. My physical strength gradually recovered, and my symptoms such as dizziness, palpitation, and dizziness were gone.
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At that time, the treatment idea was very simple, first nourish the lungs and clear the heart, and over time nourish the kidneys and spleen, and raise the yang and lift the qi.
Astragalus membranaceus, the key to replenish qi and strengthen the spleen. If the qi is sufficient, the blood will flow without stagnation. Strengthen the spleen, make the middle focus work, and blood sugar can be reduced.
Kudzu can not only give birth to Jin, but also raise the sun. If the yang does not rise, the qi and blood will stagnate and go down, and the blood sugar will also stagnate. When the yang qi rises, the qi and blood will rise to four cloths, and the problem of high blood sugar will also be solved.
Smallpox pollen, knowing the mother to take it to clear heat, nourish yin and nourish the body. Clear turbidity, turbidity and heat go, then all diseases will disappear.
The gold in the chicken is the "strong general" of the spleen and spleen, and the spleen is healthy, and the three Jiaotongs are passed. In this way, the qi and blood flow naturally and unimpeded, and the sugar can be dissolved with the blood.
Yam belongs to the lungs, spleen, and kidney meridians, and is used in this recipe, which has the meaning of three focal tones.
Schisandra chinensis is a product that nourishes the lungs and strengthens the kidneys, and takes it to nourish the lungs and nourish the kidneys.
In this way, the treatment of diabetes (thirst quenching disease) can take into account the harmony of the five organs. The whole formula is compatible, and it plays the function of nourishing qi and nourishing yin, strengthening the kidneys and quenching thirst.
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1, the lowering of the propulsion;
2. Abnormal sweating;
3. Abdominal distention, constipation, diarrhea;
4. Numbness of hands and feet, cold limbs;
5. There is no obvious difference in heart sound during auscultation;
6. There is no significant change in heart rate after postural change/exercise;
The above six conditions may indicate that diabetic heart disease has developed or is about to occur.
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