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CHEST PAINFUL OBSTRU
NESA Int Med CHEST PAINFUL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME
Question | Answer |
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Define Chest Painful Obstruction Syndrome. | Oppression or fullness in the chest with chest pain that can radiate to the back, throat, jaw, teeth and arms with SOB or diffucult respiration preventing ptns from lying flat. Common in coronary arteriosclerotic disease. |
What are the four etiologies of Chest Painful Obstruction Syndrome? | Frail constitution in old age; improper diet; emotional stress; invasion by external cold |
What are the crucial points in diagnosing chest pain? | Identify the site, character and degree of pain |
What is the general treatment strategy for Chest Painful Obstruction Syndrome during acute episodes? | Concentrate of treating the manifestation, eliminate the patogenic factor, such as expelling cold or resolving phlegm or moving the qi and invigorating blood |
What is the general treatment strategy for Chest Painful Obstruction Syndrome during remission? | Between attacks, focus on the root, such as tonifying qi, nourishing yin or generating blood. |
What are the seven patterns of Chest Painful Obstruction Syndrome? | Heart blood stasis; turbid phlegm obstructing the chest; yin cold congealing the Heart; stagnation of qi in the chest; Heart qi xu; Heart yin xu; Heart yang xu |
What are the treatment strategy and formula for Chest Bi due to Heart blood stasis? | Invigorate blood, dissolve blood stasis, unblock the channels and relieve pain with Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang |
Which herbs can be added to Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang if there is severe pain due to severe blood stasis? | Ru Xiang, Mo Yao, Yu Jin, Yan Hu Suo, Jiang Xiang, Dan Shen |
Which herbs can be added to Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang if there is severe pain with severe stifling sensation in the chest due to simultaneous qi and blood stagnation? | Chen Xiang, Tan Xiang, Bi Ba, San Qi |
Which herbs can be added to Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang if there is blood stasis due to cold invasion or yang qi xu? | Xi Xin, Gui Zhi, Rou Gui, Gao Lian Jiang, Fu Zi, Ren Shen |
What are the symptoms of Chest Bi due to blood stasis due to qi xu? | Shortness of breath, fatigue, spontaneous sweating |
Which formulas are used for Chest Bi due to blood stasis due to qi xu? | Tao Hong Si Wu Tang plus Ren Shen Yang Rou Tang with increased dosages of Huang Qi and Ren Shen |
Which herbs can be added to major Chest Bi formulas to invigorate the blood? | San Qi, Dan Shen, Su Mu, Ze Lan, Ji Xue Teng, Yi Mu Cao, Dan Pi, Shan Zha |
Why is it important to avoid the overuse of herbs that invigorate the blood and dispel blood stasis? | They can injure the correct qi or cause bleeding. |
What are the treatment strategy and formula for Chest Bi due to Turbid phlegm obstructing the chest? | Unblock yang, dispel turbid phlegm, promote the movement of qi and stop pain with Gua Lou Xie Bai Ban Xia Tang plus Hou Pou, Zhi Shi, Gui Zhi, Fu Ling, Gan Jiang and Xi Xin |
Which formula treats Chest Bi due to phlegm turned to heat? | Huang Lian Wen Dan Tang plus Yu Jin |
Which herbs can be added to Chest Bi turbid phlegm formulas when heat phlegm has depleted the yin? | Sha Shen, Sheng Di Huang, Mai Men Dong, Da Huang |
Which formula treats Chest Bi due to cold phlegm obstructing the Heart blood vessels? | Su He Xiang Wan (Liquid Styrax Pill) A very strong formula for acute, severe chest pain |
Which phlegm-transforming herbs can be added to formulas for Chest Bi due to phlegm accumulation? | Tian Zhu Huang, Tian Nan Xing, Gua Lou, Zhu Ru, Cang Zhu, Jie Geng, Lai Fu Zi, Zhe Bei Mu |
What are the treatment strategy and formula for Chest Bi due to Yin cold congealing the Heart? | Dissipate cold, unblock the yang, invigorate the blood and stop pain with Dang Gui Si Ni Tang (Tangkuei Decoction for Frigid Extremities) |
What are the treatment strategy and formula for Chest Bi due to Stagnation of qi in the chest? | Move the qi, relax the chest, soothe the Liver and Heart and stop pain wih Chai Hu Shu Gan San (Bupleurum Powder to Spread the Liver) |
Which herbs can be added to Chai Hu Shu Gan San to augment the moving qi action? | Mu Xiang, Chen Xiang, Jiang Xiang, Tan Xiang, Sha Ren, Hou Po, Zhi Shi |
Why is it important to avoid overuse of qi moving herbs? | To prevent injury to the correct qi |
What are the treatment strategey and formula for Chest Bi due to Heart qi xu? | Supplement Heart qi, facilitate the Heart qi flow and stop pain with Bao Yuan Tang (Preserve the Basal Decoction) plus Gan Mai Da Zao Tang |
Which formulas can be used for Chest Bi due to Heart qi and yin xu? | Sheng Mai San and Gui Pi Tang |
What are the treatment strategy and formula for Chest bi due to Heart yin xu? | Nourish yin, clear heat, invigorate the blood and supplement the Heart with Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan |
What are the treatment strategy and formula for Chest Bi due to Heart yang xu? | Warm the yang, tonify the qi, facilite Heart yang qi flow and stop pain with Shen Fu Tang plus Gui Zhi Gan Cao Tang (Each Rx contains two herbs) |