| You might have heard that "taking an aspirin a day will | | | | Ru xiang is used for thousand of years in treating joint |
| keep your heart attacks away". In fact Aspirin does | | | | pain, alleviating chest pain as well as breaking up blood |
| help your heart, the salicyca acid in aspirin helps to | | | | stagnation and improving blood flow to the heart. |
| keep blood cells from clumping together and sticking to | | | | 4. Mao yao (myzzh) |
| the arterial wall. This reduces the risk of heart | | | | Mao yao contain elements that help to break up |
| diseases. Besides aspirin, foods and herbs, in this article | | | | stagnation of blood resulting in improved blood |
| we will discuss what kinds of Chinese herbs traditional | | | | circulation in our body. |
| Chinese doctors use in treating heart diseases. Please | | | | 5. Fu ling (poria) |
| note that Chinese medicines have been around for | | | | Fu ling is a fungus that helps to enhance the immune |
| over 4,000 years well before the existence of | | | | system's ability to fight off viruses. It is used in Chinese |
| western medicines. | | | | medication for heart calming and palpitation smoothing. |
| Here are some Chinese herbs that have been used | | | | 6. Yin yang hou horney (goat weed) |
| for treating heart diseases: | | | | Goat weed helps to lower high blood pressure and |
| 1. Nu zhen zi (privet fruit): | | | | heart calming. |
| Nu zhen zi is the ying kidney and liver tonic that is the | | | | 7. Du zhong (rubber tree bark) |
| significant immune enhancement agent. Nu zhen zi also | | | | Du zhong is consider the primary herb used to |
| helps ying deficiency such as dizziness, floater, weak | | | | increase the yang function in the body resulting in |
| knee and enhancing heart blood. | | | | benefits of the heart. |
| 2. Hong hua (safflower): | | | | There are many more Chinese herbs that can help to |
| Hong hua is one of the Chinese herbs that have been | | | | lower bad cholesterol levels and high blood pressure |
| used to break up blood stagnation and improve blood | | | | as well as preventing and curing heart diseases such |
| circulation. It is also used to unblock uterine stagnation. | | | | as xian fu, wu wei zhi, and da zhao. |
| 3. Ru xiang (frankincense) | | | | I hope this information will help. |