A review on treating coronary heart disease from the aspect of phlegm and stasis
Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease,referred to as coronary heart disease,belongs to the category of chest impediment and heartache of traditional Chinese medicine,mainly has the characteristics of lingering and difficult to cure,repeated and changeable disease,etc.Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history and significant curative effects in the treatment of chest impediment and heartache.Traditional Chinese medicine has the advantage of overall comprehensive conditioning from multi-pathway,multi-level,multi-link and multi-target.In addition to ameliorating the pathological state of coronary artery in patients with coronary heart disease,it has prominent advan-tages in relieving clinical symptoms and improving quality of life.A large number of modem clinical practice and research have also verified the clinical effect of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of coronary heart disease.In recent years,with the improvement of people's living conditions,it is caused by improper diet,imbalanced work and rest,abnormal operation of Qi(气),blood,and water,internal phlegm turbidity,blood stasis and other pathological products,it manifests as hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis in western medicine in the early stage,leads to phlegm turbidity and blood stasis obstruction of heart meridian,resulting in phlegm and blood stasis mutual influence and interaction,which ac-celerates the process of disease and leads to chest tightness,chest pain,shortness of breath and other symptoms.TCM differentiation of the disease is intermingled phlegm and blood stasis syndrome.Research literature shows that the syndrome of intermingled phlegm and blood stasis is one of the main syndromic elements of coronary heart disease,and the proportion is increasing year by year.The traditional Chinese medicine classics describe the formation of phlegm and blood stasis,and the relationship between phlegm and blood stasis,and chest arthralgia,which provides a theoretical basis for treating coronary heart disease from phlegm and blood stasis.This paper aims to summarize the understanding of phlegm and blood stasis from traditional Chinese medicine classics,modem Chinese medicine mechanism research and clinical research,in order to provide more theoretical basis for treating coronary heart disease from the aspect of phlegm and blood stasis.
Coronary heart diseaseChest arthralgiaIntermingled phlegm and blood stasisReview
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