J Tradit Chin Med. 2002 Sep; 22(3): 174-7.

Sixty-seven cases of abnormal movement of the cardiac apex treated with bu xin tang.

Wang P, Geng S.

TCM Dept. of Anzhen Hospital, Beijing Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029.

Bu Xin Tang (heart-reinforcement decoction) was used to treat 67 cases of abnormal movement of the cardiac apex based on differentiation of symptoms and signs. The results showed that, in most patients, there were remarkable improvement not only for the symptoms but also for the abnormal movement of the cardiac apex. The cured plus remarkably effective rate was 87%, suggesting that it can postpone or prevent coronary heart attacks for the patient of prophase coronary heart disease.