Differentiation and Treatment of Heart Failure Combined with Pulmonary Infection by the Method of"Clearing,Dispersing,Supplementing,and Transforming"
Heart failure combined with pulmonary infection is characterized by heart-lung qi deficiency,spleen-kidney yang deficiency,and deficiency of both qi and yin as the the root of disease;lung heat,phlegm heat,and blood stasis as the manifestation of disease.Thus,clearing,dispersing,supplementing,and transforming as the main treatment methods were proposed."Clearing"refers to the method of clearing heat to release the exterior,clearing heat from the ying level to relieve heat,and clearing heat and cooling blood,based on the degree of differentiation of pathogenic heat and stagnation of qi and blood;"dispersing"mainly refers to the method of diffusing the lung and dredging the bowels;"supplementing"refers to the method of relieving fever with sweet-warm medicinals,nourishing yin and tonifying qi,and warming yang and transforming qi;"transforming"refers to the method of resolving phlegm and dampness,invigorating blood and dissolving stasis according to different pathological factors.