Chest Painful Obstruction Syndrome

Question 1

What is the difference between an acute or more severe case of chest pain?

Answer 1

Oppression is no longer felt and it is more of a stabbing pain felt around the heart region on left side, radiating out to the left shoulder and down the arm

Question 2

What is Xin Tong?

Answer 2

“Heart Pain” - pain in chest

Question 3

What is Zhen Xin Tong?

Answer 3

“True Heart Pain” - cyanosis of face and extremities

Question 4

What is Jue Xin Tong?

Answer 4

“Yang Collapse Heart Pain” - chest pain with cold limbs

Question 5

What are two common syndromes that people mistake with chest pain?

Answer 5

Phlegm-Fluids in chest and hypochondrium or Epigastric Pain

Question 6

What are the four aetiologies for chest pain?

Answer 6

External Cold, Diet, Emotional Factors and Old Age

Question 7

Distending chest pain that moves around the chest and is intermittent, hypochondriac distension, t: unremarkable, p: wiry is what syndrome?

Answer 7

Qi Stagnation in Chest

Question 8

What is the treatment principle for Qi Stagnation?

Answer 8

Move qi, relax the chest, soothe liver and heart, and stop pain

Question 9

Pricking pain in the chest, pain is fixed and worse at night, palpitations, t: purple, especially front centre and front sides, p: deep and choppy is what syndrome?

Answer 9

Heart Blood Stasis

Question 10

What is the treatment principle for Heart Blood Stasis?

Answer 10

Move blood, eliminate stasis, invigorate connecting channels and stop pain

Question 11

Pronounced feeling of oppression in chest, chest pain radiating out to shoulder or upper back, breathlessness, feeling of heaviness, dizziness, white sputum, t: swollen body, c: sticky and white, p: slippery is what syndrome?

Answer 11

Turbid Phlegm Stagnation in Chest

Question 12

What is the treatment principle of Turbid Phlegm Stagnation?

Answer 12

Invigorate yang, resolve phlegm, and open orifices

Question 13

Severe cramping in chest, worse for exposure to cold, better for warmth, pain extends to scapula, tightness in chest, palpitations, breathlessness, difficulty laying down, pale complexion, cold limbs, t: blue/purple, p: deep, tight and weak is what syndrome?

Answer 13

Cold Stagnation in Chest

Question 14

What is the treatment principle for Cold Stagnation?

Answer 14

Scatter cold, remove obstruction, and invigorate yang

Question 15

Chest oppression and pain, palpitations, night sweats, insomnia, sore back and knees, tinnitus, dizziness, 5 palm sweats, t: red, cracked tip, c: peeled, p: fine and rapid is what syndrome?

Answer 15

Heart and Kidney Yin Xu

Question 16

What is the treatment principle of Heart and Kidney Yin Xu?

Answer 16

Nourish yin, benefit the kidney, nourish the heart, calm the mind, and stop pain

Question 17

Chest pain and oppression which comes and goes, palpitations, breathlessness, tiredness, dislike of speaking, pale complexion, dizziness, blurred vision, t: red, c: peeled, p: fine or weak is what syndrome?

Answer 17

Qi and Yin Xu

Question 18

What is the treatment principle of Qi and Yin Xu?

Answer 18

Tonify qi, nourish yin, move blood, and invigorate connecting channels

Question 19

Oppression and dull pain in chest, breathlessness, palpitations, sweating, feeling cold, cold limbs, bright/white complexion, cyanosis of lips and nails, tiredness, poor appetite, insomnia, t: pal or blue/purple, p: deep and weak is what syndrome?

Answer 19

Spleen and Heart Yang Xu

Question 20

What is the treatment principle of Spleen and Heart Yang Xu?

Answer 20

Tonify qi, warm yang, move blood, and invigorate connecting vessels