Doug - treat the arrhythmia and hypertension using herbs with a TCM
diagnosis.
As far as the pulse is concerned, perform an 'emergent' style of treatment.
Open the yang qiao and add back shu points to localize the treatment into an
organ. When she turns over re-evaluate and develop the next portion of the
treatment.

Will


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> For example, I currently have a patient who is experiencing
> palpitations. Her symptoms occur mostly during the day and she has a
> consistently yang qiao pulse that is also full and pounding overall.
> She also complains of other symptoms that are occurring along the
> trajectory of the yang qiao channel. She has been diagnosed with
> hypertension and cardiac arrhythmia.
>
> My question is how best to address her symptoms. If I focus on the
> yang qiao aspect of the pulse and treat that vessel will I in effect
> resolve the stagnation in her upper jiao and thus relieve her
> symptoms? Or do I focus directly on the Heart channel with say a
> Heart divergent treatment or a straight TCM approach? Are these just
> two different paths to the same destination or will one have more
> effect on the root of the problem than the other? One approach
> appears to focus on the pulse, while the other on the symptoms.
>
> Best,
> Douglas Crawford
>