Rheumatic heart disease, commonly abbreviated as RHD, refers to valvular heart disease resulting from acute rheumatic fever, most commonly affecting the mitral and aortic valves. The diet should be light, nutritious, and easy to digest. Patients with excess syndrome may choose hawthorn, ginger, peach kernels, tangerines, tangerine peel, water chestnuts, notoginseng, salvia root, safflower, and apricot kernels, as well as other foods and ingredients that serve both medicinal and dietary purposes; patients with a deficiency pattern may choose chicken, pork heart, longan flesh, red dates, lychees, grapes, leek whites, onions, ginseng, astragalus, Siberian ginseng, pine nut kernels, and jujube kernels, as well as other foods and ingredients that serve both medicinal and dietary purposes. Avoid raw, cold, and greasy foods.
The following are clinically used, affordable, effective, and delicious proven recipes for teas, decoctions, and soups:
Orange-Flavored Kelp Noodle Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and clears turbidity. Suitable for rheumatic heart disease characterized by phlegm-turbidity obstructing the middle jiao. the cold, heat-clearing herbs suggest caution in those with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold or loose stools
Poria and Jujube Seed Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the heart and spleen. Suitable for rheumatic heart disease characterized by deficiency of both the heart and spleen.
Leek White, Dried Ginger, and Asarum Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Warms and unblocks the heart and kidneys. Indicated for rheumatic heart disease of the heart-kidney yang deficiency type, characterized by a sallow complexion, palpitations and shortness of breath, edema of the face and lower limbs, and in severe cases, coughing … Read more
Salvia and Sandalwood Honey Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes blood circulation and dispels blood stasis. Suitable for rheumatic heart disease of the “stagnation of blood in the heart meridians” type, characterized by palpitations and restlessness, dizziness and fatigue, bluish-gray lips and nails, purplish-red cheeks, chest tightness and heart pain, coughing, … Read more
Almond-Coconut Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and clears turbidity. Suitable for rheumatic heart disease of the “phlegm-turbidity obstructing the middle” pattern, characterized by palpitations and shortness of breath, fullness and distension in the chest and epigastrium, excessive phlegm and poor appetite, or nausea; white, greasy tongue coating; and a … Read more
Hawthorn and Pear Shredded Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and clears turbidity. Suitable for rheumatic heart disease characterized by phlegm-turbidity obstructing the middle jiao.
Longan and Lychee Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the heart and spleen. Suitable for rheumatic heart disease characterized by deficiency of both the heart and spleen, with symptoms including palpitations and shortness of breath (worsened by physical activity), dizziness and vertigo, a pale or sallow complexion, fatigue and weakness, a … Read more
Chinese Yam and Bi Zi Ren Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the heart and spleen. Suitable for rheumatic heart disease characterized by deficiency of both the heart and spleen.
