Abnormal Heart Rhythms

1. too fast >85 – 90 2. too slow <50 – 55 3.

irregular TCM diagnosis is palpitations (may be anxiety) 

Western Medicine

uses an ECG to diagnose

Too fast = excess Fire or deficiency Fire

Too slow = deficiency of Yang or Qi stagnation (blood or Phlegm)

TCM can treat this well, it also displays fainting, coldness, fatigue, chest distension. *Most abnormal heart beats are deficiency

Herbal Formula:

Gui Pi Tang + modifications - Hei Gui Pi Tang - Gui Pi Tang + Dan Shen - Sheng Mai San

Slow Beat try 'Ma Huang Fu Zi Xi Xin Tang' (Yang deficiency, Wind/Cold with Yang deficiency)