Acupuncture Treatment for Angina Pectoris

Angina Pectoris (Heart pain, Chest Bi)
Western medicine – angina
TCM – stagnation of Qi and blood, Phlegm-Damp, deficiency – lack of nourishment to Heart meridian.

Seen more in males after age 40. Lasts a few seconds to a few minutes. Pain radiates to left arm and/or neck, break sweat, become fearful/scared, breathing becomes difficult, can be crushing chest pain, palpitations, T- purple (especially sub-lingual), P- uneven, irregular, or wiry.

Etiology - Sudden change to cold weather, overeating, excess emotional factors, over-fatigued
P/T – promote Qi circulation, connect Yang Qi, remove stagnation to relieve pain
Acupuncture Rx – hand jueyin, front-mu, PC 6 (yin wei -heart & chest), HT 6 & PC 4 (xi-cleft –pain), Ren 14 (mu), 17 (Qi influential, PC mu)
- short of breath – Ren 22, LU 6
- excess Phlegm – Ren 12, ST 40
- Qi and blood stagnation – LR 3, BL 17
- Kidney & Heart Yang deficiency – BL 14, 15, 23
- Heart & Spleen Yang deficiency – BL 15, 20, ST 36


Alternative treatment methods
auricular – Heart, Shenmen, sympathetic, brain
electro – Xi-cleft, Ren 14 to 17, rapid continuous frequency
injection – Dan Shen, BL 14, 15, Xi-cleft