In the theory of Chinese medicine, heart disease is classified as "chest paralysis" and "heartache". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that qi deficiency and blood stasis are the essence of cardiovascular diseases, and blood congestion is the key factor leading to cardiovascular diseases. This view has long been recorded in ancient Chinese medicine books, for example, in the fifth century B.C., the Yellow Emperor's Neijing, there is a description of the symptoms of heart disease, calling it "heart disease" and "true heartache".
The heart is the official of the sovereign, the main bloodline, irrigating the valleys, moistening the internal organs, and nourishing the internal organs; The physiological dysfunction of the heart is often manifested as two types of pathogenic changes: abnormal blood vessels and altered mental status.
Abnormal blood veins: The heart does not dominate the blood vessels, which will lead to pathogenic changes such as dysfunction of the heart itself, head and face, limbs and internal organs. The heart itself is mainly disturbed, and the heart blood is not running smoothly, resulting in palpitations, or emptiness, shortness of breath and heartache. Tachycardia or bradycardia will cause changes in the beating frequency, rhythm, and intensity of the pulse, and there will be changes in the pulse such as number, delay, deficiency, solidity, slippery, astringent, urgent, knot, and generation.
On the head and face, when the blood and qi rush upward, it will manifest as red face, red eyes, red lips, red tongue, pain, ulceration, or vomiting of blood or blood. When blood and qi are not nourished, the complexion is pale and yellowish, and the lips and tongue are pale and pale. When the blood flow is not smooth, the color is dull and dark, the lips and tongue are blue, or the tongue has ecchymosis and petechiae.
In terms of the limbs, when the blood is full, it will manifest as irritability in the limbs and fever in the hands and feet. When the blood is cold and condensed, the limbs are cold, the hands and feet are cold and painful, and the claws and nails are purple and dark.
When the whole body is deprived of blood and qi supply, it will lead to various manifestations of low function and decline of the internal organs. Therefore, it is essential to maintain good health.
Mental Alteration: The state of the mind, which is the core of our mental activity, has a direct impact on our thinking, emotions, and behavior. When our minds are not nourished, our mental state can become very unstable. This usually manifests as restlessness, confusion, inability to concentrate, and even malaise and memory loss. These symptoms not only affect our work efficiency, but also cause disruption to our daily lives.
The situation becomes more serious when the mind is disturbed by external factors. Minor disturbances can lead to upset, insomnia, and dreaminess. Severe disturbances can lead to restlessness and even extreme behaviors such as mania, slurred speech, hitting and destroying people's property, etc. These symptoms not only cause harm to the individual but also cause distress and panic to those around them.
What's more, when the mind loses its mastery, our mental state becomes very unstable. Mild cases may be drowsy, drowsy and hazy, while severe cases may be confused, suddenly fall to the ground, gibberish or even delusional. These symptoms not only affect an individual's quality of life but can also pose a threat to those around them.
The causes of heart disease are varied, among which the six external senses, especially the evil of cold and heat, are the most likely to invade the heart. Internal injuries, such as sadness, joy, and worry, can also lead to heart disease. Other factors such as insufficient endowment, overwork, unhealthy diet, chronic illness, mistreatment and mistreatment, and the retention of pathological products can cause various cardiac lesions.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the lesions of the heart are mostly based on the virtual and the real. There is already a mention of "heart deficiency" in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", such as "Su Wen: Wuzang Sheng" pointed out: "Thinking and sad". The "Pulse Meridian" most clearly puts forward the pathogenesis of "heart truth" and "heart deficiency", such as the "Pulse Before and After the Pulse of the Ordinary People Welcoming the Divine Gate": "The heart is solid, the left hand and inch mouth people greet the person who has the previous pulse and the yin is solid, and the hand is also the Yin meridian." Sick and bitter, unfavorable stool, full abdomen, heavy limbs, body heat, bitter stomach distention, heart deficiency, left hand and mouth people face the front pulse yin deficiency, hand syncope yin meridian also. Sickness, palpitations, fear, heartache, unspeakable, cold heart, trance. ”
Since then, "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions" has the saying of "the heart is really hot" and "the heart is weak and cold". "Shengji General Record", "Jisheng Fang", "Danxi Hand Mirror", "Jingyue Quanshu" and other medical books all have detailed discussions on the pathogenesis of "heart truth" and "heart deficiency". This is because heart deficiency is mainly due to the lack of basic substances such as qi, blood, and fluid in the heart, which is prone to show the pathogenesis of loss of heart qi, heart yang, heart blood, and heart yin, while heart deficiency is mostly caused by the feeling of evil qi or pathological products.
"The Soul of the Evil Guest" points out: "Those who are evil in the heart are all in the envelope of the heart. "Warm Jingwei Ye Xiangyan External Warmth Chapter" also said: "The heart is the master of the body, and it is not subject to evil, and if it is evil, God will go and die." Whoever speaks evil in his heart will be surrounded by his heart. This means that when external evil invades the heart, it is mostly caused by the pericardial pericardium, while internal injuries and weakness and functional decline are attributed to the heart.
Although there is some controversy about whether to attribute heart disease to the pericardium and deficiency to the heart, one thing is certain: it is of great significance to study heart disease from the virtual and real classification.
"The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" has long been discussed on the pathogenesis of the heart, as stated in the "Su Wen Tibetan Qi Law Treatise": "People with heart disease have pain in the chest, full of flank branches, pain under the flank, pain between the back and shoulders, and pain in the arms. Among them, the concepts of "heart and heart" and "heart and heat" were proposed, but the word "heart and heart" was not officially proposed. However, the Chinese classics such as the Chinese Tibetan Sutra, the Treatise on the Origin and Syndrome of Diseases, and the Qianjin Yao Fang are basically the same as the Neijing, and they all recognize the existence of the pathogenesis of the heart. It was not until the "General Record of Shengji" that the word "heart" was officially proposed, as pointed out in the book "Heart Gate": "Those who close the front inch of the left hand and the mouth and pulse are solid, and the heart is also true." Later generations of physicians such as "Jingyue Quanshu, Chuan Zhonglu, Void and Reality" also said: "Those who are honest in their hearts are more angry and cry more." All these further confirm the objective existence of the heart pathogenesis.