An irregular heartbeat is also known as arrhythmia. In some arrhythmias your heart beat speeds up and slows down, skips an occasional beat, or feels significantly different throughout the day. Some different types of arrhythhmias include:

• Premature ventricular contraction (PVC)
• Atrial fibrillation
• Intermittent / Sudden (paroxysmal)
• Palpitations
• Tachycardia / Bradycardia

Arrhythmias associated with chest pain and shortness of breath may be a medical emergency. It is important to see a doctor for irregular heartbeat to rule out any dangerous conditions.

Causes:

Arrhythmia may be due to electrolyte imbalance, nervous system irregularity, heart weakness, or structural heart abnormalities. For example, it can indicate an imbalance of magnesium, calcium, or potassium or a taurine deficiency. Indigestion with gas or bloating can cause toxic buildup in the blood, causing heart palpitations. Here are some potential causes of arrhythmia.

• Heart / cardiovascular disease - Anything that undermines that heart's ability to pump blood can cause arrhythmias, as electrical fibers may try to overstimulate the heart muscle to compensate. Example: Heart valve incompetency, past heart attack, etc.
• Anything that causes the heart to beat harder (exercise, weight gain, thick blood, high blood pressure, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, etc)
• Anxiety, stress, hyperexcitability of the heart muscle.
• Low or high metabolism / thyroid
• Dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, low blood sugar, anemia
• Toxins (ama) from indigestion, gas, constipation, infection, parasites, etc. may cause nerve excitability leading to shakiness, jitters, trembling tongue, and palpitations.
• Recovery after heart attack or open-heart surgery
• Hormonal fluctuations during perimenopause

Ayurvedic Approach

Follow lifestyle practice and herbs that support overall heart health - reducing smoking, losing weight, getting adequate sleep, reducing caffeine and alcohol, managing blood sugar, regular exercise, stress reduction, etc. Antispasmodics, nervines, vasodilators, electrolytes, cardiac tonics, and blood thinners can all aid the heart in pumping more efficiently.

Herbs like arjuna, passion flower, and hawthorne berry all improve overall heart function.

Foods for Your Healthy Heart

Foods high in Omega 3 fatty acids are excellent for heart health and your nervous system. You'll notice that red fruits and vegetables also tonify the heart. Gently sour foods calm the heart according to Chinese Medicine, so squeeze lime on your savory dishes, and have a little chutney with dinner.

• Cherries
• Beets
• Berries
• Pomegranate
• Chamomile
• Salmon

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Everything you eat has an effect on your body, which Ayurveda categorizes in a simple and easy way, using biocharacteristics (gunas). Biocharacteristics are qualities (like cold and hot) that describe the effect a food or herb has on your body. Cooling foods like cucumber, decrease metabolism. Heating foods like chili pepper, stimulate your body and increase metabolism. For 'Irregular heartbeat', you should select foods with the following biocharacteristics. Individual results will vary, based on your body type and the root cause of your imbalance.

Cleanse & Detox:

Burns Toxins

BURNS-TOXINS

An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.

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Internal Detoxicant

INTERNAL-DETOXICANT

Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.

SEE ALL 'INTERNAL-DETOXICANT' FOODS / HERBS

Mind, Stress & Sleep:

Anxiolytic

ANXIOLYTIC

Herbs that help people suffering from anxiety or panic. They promote a state of calm and often improve sleep. Most anxiolytic herbs are also nervines.

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Nervine

NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

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Immune System:

Adaptogen

ADAPTOGEN

Herbs that promote stabilization of physiological processes and homeostasis. Adaptogens increase the body's ability to resist the damaging effects of stress and promote or restore normal physiological functioning.

SEE ALL 'ADAPTOGEN' FOODS / HERBS

Heart & Circulation:

Alterative

ALTERATIVE

Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.

SEE ALL 'ALTERATIVE' FOODS / HERBS

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Antiplatelet

ANTIPLATELET

An herb that inhibits clotting, dissolves clots, thins the blood, or destroys platelets, therefore reducing the tendency of blood to form clots. They are useful in cardiovascular disease, clots, and stroke. Aka anticoagulant.

SEE ALL 'ANTIPLATELET' FOODS / HERBS

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Beta Adrenergic Blocker

BETA-ADRENERGIC-BLOCKER

Sedates the sympathetic nervous system. Used to calm the heart, manage abnormal heart rhythms, and reduce high blood pressure.

SEE ALL 'BETA-ADRENERGIC-BLOCKER' FOODS / HERBS

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Blood Thinner

BLOOD-THINNER

Herbs that thin the blood. Helpful for people with heart disease or clogged circulation.

SEE ALL 'BLOOD-THINNER' FOODS / HERBS

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Cardiac Tonic

CARDIAC-TONIC

Strengthens and tones the heart (heart-tonic). Cardiac tonics are used to treat a wide range of heart issues from arrhythmia, to cardiac insufficiency.

SEE ALL 'CARDIAC-TONIC' FOODS / HERBS

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Hypotensive

HYPOTENSIVE

An herb that lowers blood pressure.

SEE ALL 'HYPOTENSIVE' FOODS / HERBS

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Rebuild Electrolytes

REBUILD-ELECTROLYTES

Substances that increase your electrolyte balance. Electrolytes help you retain water, keep your palate moist, and truly quench your thirst.

SEE ALL 'REBUILD-ELECTROLYTES' FOODS / HERBS

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Rebuilds Fluids

REBUILDS-FLUIDS

Herbs or substances that create moisture in the body and increase fluids.

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Vasodilator

VASODILATOR

A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.

SEE ALL 'VASODILATOR' FOODS / HERBS

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Vessel Tonic

VESSEL-TONIC

An herb that improves the tone and integrity of blood vessel walls. This is helpful in easy bruising.

SEE ALL 'VESSEL-TONIC' FOODS / HERBS

Weight Loss:

Hypolipidemic

HYPOLIPIDEMIC

Scrapes fats / cleanses blood vessels by 1) purging bile, 2) strengthening the liver's ability to metabolize fats, 3) by increasing uptake of cholesterol in the liver, and 4) by inhibiting fat cells.

SEE ALL 'HYPOLIPIDEMIC' FOODS / HERBS

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Lowers Blood Sugar

LOWERS-BLOOD-SUGAR

An herb that lowers blood sugar.

SEE ALL 'LOWERS-BLOOD-SUGAR' FOODS / HERBS

Strength, Muscle Health:

Antispasmodic

ANTISPASMODIC

Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, hear palpitations, migraine, or IBS.

SEE ALL 'ANTISPASMODIC' FOODS / HERBS

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Muscle Tonic

MUSCLE-TONIC

Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.

SEE ALL 'MUSCLE-TONIC' FOODS / HERBS

Other:

Cleanse And Detox

Constituents:

Calcium

CALCIUM

Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.

SEE ALL 'CALCIUM' FOODS / HERBS

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Magnesium

MAGNESIUM

Helps muscles relax. Laxative.

SEE ALL 'MAGNESIUM' FOODS / HERBS

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Taurine

TAURINE

Taurine regulates potassium, calcium and sodium in the blood which normalizes blood pressure, and proper nerve and muscle function. It is also anti-inflammatory.

SEE ALL 'TAURINE' FOODS / HERBS

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HOW TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN STAGE OF DISEASE #3

IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT IS IN STAGE OF DISEASE #3 - ATTACKING TISSUE

If you have symptoms in this category it means that your imbalances are becoming stronger and weakening your body's resistance. Most people have a weakness in one or more organs. These areas of weakness are the 'weak link in the chain.' They are first to succumb when an imbalance reaches a tipping point. Repairing imbalances in this category often represent your last opportunity to prevent disease. At any moment, these imbalances could overwhelm weakened tissue and develop into a disease. You may feel pain or discomfort in the weakened area. At this stage you will need to support the weakened tissue with specialized foods and herbs for the weakened tissue. (See all disease stages on JB)

GET MY FREE AYURVEDA BODY MAP According to Ayurveda, one or more of the following doshas and biocharacteristics may aggravate 'Irregular heartbeat'. If you have an excess of one of these doshas or biocharacteristics below, Ayurveda recommends reducing foods and lifestyle habits that aggravate them. Click on the biocharacteristic to learn what foods and lifestyle habits should be reduced.

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The following symptoms & habits may be related to 'Irregular heartbeat'. See your quiz results for a computerized assessment of your body type. Please click on the symptoms below to learn more about them. On average the biocharacteristics of people reporting Irregular heartbeat were more aggravated than 69% of other symptoms. From the 3,634 people who reported Irregular heartbeat in this research study of 74,671 individuals, average deviation in biocharacteristic levels were the following:

Risk Factors of Irregular heartbeat

Complications of Those Reporting Irregular heartbeat

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