Treatments in Conventional Medicine and Their Limitations
Conventional medicine performs electrical cardioversion in emergency situations and implants an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in the body to prevent sudden death.
In addition, it prescribes potent antiarrhythmic drugs to forcefully suppress the pulse or performs Catheter Ablation to burn and eliminate abnormal electrical circuits.
[Limitations and Critical Perspective]
Catheter ablation can be useful in cutting off abnormal circuits in the short term, but since our body is organically connected, if the overall fibrosis and barren environment of the heart muscle are not improved, abnormal signals will arise again around the scars, causing recurrence at any time.
The fact that many patients visit us in extreme fear because tachycardia recurred even after multiple procedures clearly proves the limitations of local treatments that fail to see the forest for the trees.
Furthermore, potent antiarrhythmic drugs (chemical drugs) used in conventional medicine can drop cardiac output, causing fatigue so severe that daily life becomes impossible, or cause serious long-term toxicity in the lungs and thyroid.
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 when powerful suppression is needed, such as shocks from an ICD or emergency situations, while utilizing natural substances and acupuncture for long-term improvement of the heart muscle's environment and prevention of recurrence.
- Invigorating Blood and Removing Stasis (Hwal-hyeol-geo-eo / 活血祛瘀): Using core natural substances like Nardostachys, Salvia, and Notoginseng to gently loosen hardened scars (fibrosis) in the heart muscle and fundamentally improve the environment where abnormal electrical signals run out of control through multi-ion channel regulation.
- 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 to support the heart's regular and powerful pumping.
- Acupuncture: Stimulating acupoints directly connected to the heart, such as Neiguan and Shenmen, to balance the autonomic nervous system and relieve extreme trauma and stress experienced by patients during ICD shocks or attacks.
- Lifestyle Redesign (Health Freedom Camp): Through the HF Camp, we completely correct systemic risk factors that stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and diets that cause inflammation in the heart.
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 integrates conventional medicine by actively accepting global clinical data.
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 (Systematic Review and Meta-analysis) According to the latest global study synthesizing randomized controlled trials 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 single-target 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, natural substances proved their excellent safety by gently regulating multi-ion channels to stabilize the environment around myocardial scars 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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