Treatments in Conventional Medicine and Their Limitations
Conventional medicine performs emergency defibrillation (electric shock) to save lives when VF or polymorphic VT occurs, and implants an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to prevent sudden death.
Furthermore, powerful chemical drugs such as intravenous magnesium, beta-blockers, and amiodarone are used.
[Limitations and Critical Perspective]
While the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is an excellent device for saving immediate life, it does not treat the cause of the arrhythmia itself.
Since our body is organically connected, if the overall environment of the heart muscle and the extreme instability of the autonomic nervous system are not improved, you can experience terrifying attacks where the defibrillator frequently triggers at any time.
In addition, the potent chemical drugs used to suppress arrhythmias can paradoxically prolong the QT interval, triggering another fatal tachycardia (Proarrhythmic effect), and cause severe organ toxicity when taken long-term.
In particular, Statins, which are conventionally prescribed under the pretext of preventing cardiovascular disease, can deplete Coenzyme Q10, the core energy source of the heart muscle, further reducing the heart's contractility and vitality in the long term, so they should not be blindly trusted.
BM's Integrative Solution: Cardiopulmonary Stability Design Encompassing Chemical Drugs and Natural Substances
We do not divide medicine by the old dichotomy of 'Western medicine and herbal medicine.'
There are only artificially synthesized chemical drugs and natural substances derived from nature.
Based on Korean Medicine diagnosis theory, BM Korean Internal Medicine Clinic provides true integrative treatment by operating and controlling the actions of chemical drugs according to Korean Medicine theory to protect life in emergency situations where there is a risk of sudden death or when powerful suppression is needed, while utilizing natural substances and acupuncture for the long-term improvement of the heart muscle's environment and prevention of attacks.
- Invigorating Blood and Removing Stasis (Hwal-hyeol-geo-eo / 活血祛瘀): Using core natural substances like Nardostachys, Salvia, and Notoginseng to gently soothe ischemic damage and scars in the heart muscle, and fundamentally improving the environment where abnormal electrical signals run amok by regulating multi-ion channels.
- Tonifying Heart and Lung (Bo-ik-sim-pye / 補益心肺): Replenishing the exhausted energy of the heart and lungs from deep within using herbs like Ginseng, Astragalus, and Ophiopogon, building the heart's strength to withstand external stimuli (chemical drugs, stress, etc.).
- Acupuncture: Stimulating acupoints directly connected to the heart, such as Neiguan and Shenmen, to correct the extreme instability of the autonomic nervous system and relieve the patient's severe trauma regarding ICD shocks.
- Lifestyle Redesign (Health Freedom Camp): Through the HF Camp, we completely correct systemic risk factors that stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and diets that induce electrolyte imbalance.
Completely improving the conditions around the heart to create a body environment where fatal arrhythmias cannot occur is the completion of treatment.
Global Research Results Based on Modern Korean Medicine (Scientific Evidence)
Modern Korean Medicine does not stay in the past but actively embraces global clinical data to integrate conventional medicine.
The following are research results demonstrating that Korean Medicine procedures and core drugs serve as better alternatives or powerful adjunctive therapies compared to the chemical drugs or procedures of the existing universal medical system.
- Efficacy and Safety of Traditional Natural Substances on Severe Arrhythmia Diseases (Large-scale Meta-analysis) According to global research synthesizing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that administered natural substances to arrhythmia patients, the group that was co-administered natural substances and conventional chemical drugs showed a statistically highly significant increase in the total clinical efficacy rate, including ECG recovery and subjective symptom improvement, compared to the group administered only chemical drugs. It was excellent in improving objective indicators such as ventricular tachycardia, and the incidence of side effects like bradycardia and hypotension common when administering chemical drugs was 56 percent lower (RR=0.44), proving overwhelming safety and synergistic effects.
- Ahn JY, Chu H, Leem J, Yun JM. Effectiveness and safety of traditional herbal medicine on cardiac arrhythmic condition: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control clinical trial. Medicine. 2024;103(23):e38441. doi:10.1097/md.0000000000038441
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- Chemical Drug Replacement and Myocardial Protection Effects of Core Natural Substances Regulating Multi-Ion Channels According to a study analyzing 2,469 patients, the treatment group based on core natural substances like Nardostachys and Notoginseng showed no difference in treatment efficacy compared to potent conventional chemical drugs (such as Amiodarone) in suppressing ventricular arrhythmias. Unlike chemical drugs that can cause fatal long-term toxicity or rather worsen arrhythmias, natural substances proved their excellent safety by gently regulating multi-ion channels to stabilize the myocardial environment without side effects.
- Wang X, Wang Y, Feng XY, et al. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on Wenxin keli. Drug Design Development and Therapy. 2016;Volume 10:3725-3736. doi:10.2147/dddt.s112333
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- Clinical Efficacy and Autonomic Stabilization Effect of Acupuncture on Ventricular Arrhythmias and Tachycardia A meta-analysis of 797 patients, including those with paroxysmal tachycardia and ventricular arrhythmias, showed that the group receiving acupuncture at points like Neiguan and Shenmen had an arrhythmia suppression and recurrence prevention effect equivalent to the group taking the most potent chemical drugs. Acupuncture was proven to be a very safe and effective alternative procedure that protects normal rhythm by stabilizing the autonomic nervous system at a deep level without the risk of fatal thyroid and lung toxicity seen with long-term chemical drug use.
- Li Y, Barajas-Martinez H, Li B, et al. Comparative effectiveness of acupuncture and antiarrhythmic drugs for the prevention of cardiac arrhythmias: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Frontiers in Physiology. 2017;8:358. doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.00358
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