This disease has the deficiency and excess syndromes. Syndromes such as excessive fluid attacking the heart, blood stasis blocking the heart and phlegm-fire disturbing the heart belong to the excess, while syndromes such as deficiency of the heart and gallbladder, deficiency of the heart and spleen, fire hyperactivity due to yin deficiency, and inactivity of heart yang pertain to the deficiency. The therapeutic principles include replenishing qi and nourishing blood, replenishing yin and warming yang, activating qi and removing blood stasis, clearing fire and resolving phlegm, eliminating excessive fluid and inducing diuresis, and nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind.

Essentials for diagnosis
(1) The manifestations include palpitation, uncontrollable nervousness, and paroxysmal or persistent change of heart beat in velocity rhythm and strength, or various pulse conditions such as rapid, swift, rapid-irregular, slow-irregular, intermittent, deep or slow pulse.
(2) Determination of the presence of infection, oxygen deficit, acid-base dysequilibrium, electrolyte disorder, drug reaction, and vegetative nerve functional disturbance, etc. is helpful to the differentiation of the functional and organic arrhythmia.
(3) Examinations of electrocardiogram, sphygmometer, chest X-ray and blood pressure determination are helpful to the diagnosis.

In TCM, a disease or a symptom might be caused by one pathogenic factor, even two or three pathogenic factors. When diagnosing a disease or a symptom, TCM doctors must follow the principle of "Syndrome Dfferentiation", and then "Suit the Remedy to the Case". In order to gain a more definite and valuable diagnosis, it's important and necessary for the doctor to learn the detailed health information of the patient, including his/her disease duration, age, sex, height, weight, family history, urine, stool, diet, sleep, sweat, energy, mood (emotion), as well as the tongue conditions and the palm conditions, etc. If you would want our expert to create a TCM diagnosis, you're welcome to contact us.