In Chronic Heart Disease, exertion, overstrain or cold wind and temperature
can create symptoms of tiredness, fluid in the lung, coldness symptoms, sputum
production, cough, rapid breathing, nausea and abdominal spasm, no appetite, mental
disturbances, insomnia and restless sleep, and fear. These were our questions: What
techniques of meditation, Qigong and acupuncture can alleviate the symptoms of
Chronic Heart Disease? Which complementary treatments and techniques can help
alleviate heart medication side effects such as a drop in blood pressure? How effective
is Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture techniques for symptoms of Chronic
Heart Disease? What new techniques can be learned from this study in acupuncture,
meditation and Qigong for particular symptoms? From these question came the desire
to test and measure these states of Chronic Heart Disease in an acute state (with
traditional heart medication) using meditation, acupuncture and Qigong. These
transcendent states could help theoretically in the terminal phases of life i.e., escaping
from conditioned thinking associated with fear. We wanted to test this general
understanding with a particular case.
Keywords: Acupuncture, Albumin, Blood lactate, Breath count, Chronic heart
disease, Diaphragm, Digitalis, Disturbed sleep, Dyspnea, Fluid retention, Kidney
deficiency, Lasix, Meditation, Moxibustion, Oxygen consumption, Phlegm,
Qigong, Synchronization, Vasotec, Zazen.
