Palpitation is a perceived abnormality of the heartbeat characterized by awareness of heart muscle contractions in the chest: hard beats, fast beats, irregular beats, and/or pauses. It is both a symptom reported by the patient and a medical diagnosis. Palpitation is frequently associated with anxiety and does not necessarily indicate a structural or functional abnormality of the heart, but it can be a symptom arising from an objectively rapid or irregular heartbeat. Palpitation can be intermittent and of variable frequency and duration, or continuous. Associated symptoms include dizziness, shortness of breath, sweating, headaches, and chest pain.

1. Palpitation
PALPITATION IS A PERCEIVED ABNORMALITY OF THE HEARTBEAT
CHARACTERIZED BY AWARENESS OF HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS IN THE
CHEST: HARD BEATS, FAST BEATS, IRREGULAR BEATS, AND/OR PAUSES. IT IS
BOTH A SYMPTOM REPORTED BY THE PATIENT AND A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS.
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2. What is Palpitation
 Palpitation is a perceived abnormality of the heartbeat characterized by
awareness of heart muscle contractions in the chest: hard beats, fast beats,
irregular beats, and/or pauses.
 It is both a symptom reported by the patient and a medical diagnosis.
 Palpitation is frequently associated with anxiety and does not necessarily
indicate a structural or functional abnormality of the heart, but it can be a
symptom arising from an objectively rapid or irregular heartbeat.
 Palpitation can be intermittent and of variable frequency and duration, or
continuous. Associated symptoms include dizziness, shortness of breath,
sweating, headaches, and chest pain.

3. What is Palpitation
Palpitation may be associated with coronary heart disease,
hyperthyroidism, diseases affecting cardiac muscle such as hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy, diseases causing low blood oxygen such as asthma
and emphysema; kidney disease; low levels of brain serotonin; blood
loss, and pain; drugs such as antidepressants, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine,
cocaine, and amphetamines; electrolyte imbalances of magnesium,
potassium and calcium; and deficiencies of nutrients such as taurine,
arginine, and iron.

4. Causes
 Extra-cardiac stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system (inappropriate stimulation
of the parasympathetic nervous system, particularly the vagus nerve (which innervates
the heart), can be caused by anxiety and stress due to acute or chronic elevations in
glucocorticoids and catecholamines.
 Gastrointestinal distress such as bloating or indigestion, along with muscular
imbalances and poor posture, can also irritate the vagus nerve causing palpitations)
 Sympathetic overdrive (panic disorders, low blood sugar, hypoxia, antihistamines (i.e.
levocetirizine), low red blood cell count, heart failure, mitral valve prolapse).
 Hyperdynamic circulation (valvular incompetence, thyrotoxicosis, hypercapnia, high
body temperature, low red blood cell count, pregnancy).
 Abnormal heart rhythms (ectopic beat, premature atrial contraction, junctional escape
beat, premature ventricular contraction, atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia,
ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, heart block).

5. Other Factors
 Arrhythmia, heart disease, including heart block, congestive cardiac failure,
coronary heart disease.
 Caffeine, nicotine, alcoholic drinks, certain allopathic medicines.
 Dyspepsia can lead to palpitations in some persons.
 High fat diet may also excite palpitations.
 Stress, anxiety, emotional excitement — anger, fright, grief & even joy.
 Exercise and physical exertion.
 Fever.
 In women, Palpitations can be experienced during pregnancy and menopause.
 People with anaemia and hyperthyroidism can also complain of palpitations.

6. Signs and symptoms
 Three common descriptions of palpitation are:
 "flip-flopping" (or "stop and start"), often caused by premature contraction of the
atrium or ventricle, with the perceived "stop" from the pause following the
contraction, and the "start" from the subsequent forceful contraction;
 Rapid "fluttering in the chest," with regular "fluttering" suggesting supraventricular
or ventricular arrhythmias (including sinus tachycardia) and irregular "fluttering"
suggesting atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, or tachycardia with variable block; and
 "pounding in the neck" or neck pulsations, often due to "cannon" A waves in the
jugular venous pulsations that occur when the right atrium contracts against a
closed tricuspid valve.

7. Signs and symptoms
 Palpitation associated with chest pain suggests ischemic heart disease, or if the
chest pain is relieved by leaning forward, pericardial disease is suspected.
 Palpitation associated with light-headedness, fainting or near fainting suggest low
blood pressure and may signify a life-threatening abnormal heart rhythm.
 Palpitation that occurs regularly with exertion suggests a rate-dependent bypass
tract or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
 Hyperventilation, hand tingling, and nervousness are common when anxiety or
panic disorder is the cause of the palpitations.

8. Homeopathy Treatment
 Homeopathy treatment is holistic & patient friendly, and are customized to suit
each patient according to his condition. Homeopathy also helps in reducing the
complications of Palpitation. Here we have given few Homeopathic remedies while
there are many more for each types of palpitation.
 Aconite and Opium for Palpitation due to fright.
 Ignatia for Palpitation due to grief
 Convallaria, Kalmia and Tabacum for Palpitation due to Tobacco over use.
 Iberis, Digitalis and Spigelia for Palpitation due to physical exertion & from slight
motion.
We at Anubhuti Homeo Clinics prefer to take history of patients first and advise proper homeopathy remedies. A detailed history
followed by constitutional treatment by a good and qualified homeopathic doctor is necessary to treat the complaints that appear. It is not
advisable to resort to self-medication for any disease. The remedies mentioned in this presentation are mentioned solely to create awareness of
homeopathic medicines in dealing with disease conditions