A normal adult heart beats between 60 and 100 times a minute. A heart rate over 100 beats a minute is called tachycardia. Some tachycardias are relatively harmless and need no treatment, but others can be life threatening. Treatment for recurrent tachycardia can range from daily medication to open-heart surgery. A specific diagnosis is necessary before finding the right treatment for tachycardia.
TCM PATTERNS & FORMULAS
HEART BLOOD DEFICIENCY: palpitation, irritability, insomnia, red tongue, no coating, thready-rapid pulse
8g Ren Shen
8g Wu Wei Zi
8g Dang Gui
8g Tian Men Dong
8g Mai Men Dong
8g Bai Zi Ren
8g Suan Zao Ren
8g Xuan Shen
8g Fu Shen
8g Dan Shen
8g Jie Geng
8g Yuan Zhi
8g Huang Lian
8g Sheng Di Huang
8g Shi Chang Pu
8g Zhen Zhu Mu
8g Long Gu
8g Mu Li
HEART PHLEGM-HEAT: palpitation, insomnia, fever, congested feeling of the chest, nausea, yellow-greasy tongue coating, slippery-rapid pulse
6g Huang Lian
8g Zhu Ru
8g Zhi Shi
8g Ban Xia
8g Chen Pi
8g Fu Ling
3g Zhi Gan Cao
3g Da Zao
6g Yuan Zhi
8g Zi Shi Ying
8g Long Chi
EMPIRICAL FORMULAS
Formula 1
Ren Shen 9g
Mai Men Dong 15g
Wu Wei Zi 9g
Gui Zhi 6-9g
Chi Shao 6-9g
Bai Shao 6-9g
Dan Shen 30g
Gan Cao 9g
Long Gu 25g
Mu Li 25g
Hu Po (amber) 3-5g (take the powder separate with the decoction)
Formula 2
Tai Zi Shen 15g
Mai Men Dong 10g
Xuan Shen 10g
Wu Wei Zi 6g
Lian Zi Xin 6g
Zhu Ru 6g
Lian Qiao 8g
ACUPUNCTURE
TCM BASIC POINTS: PC6, HT7, RN14, UB15
HT Blood deficiency: +UB20, UB21, ST36
HT Phlegm-Heat: + ST40, UB19
FOUR NEEDLE TECHNIQUE: Sedate SP3 & HT7, Tonify KD10 & HT3