Heart and psychological disease means cardiovascular disease combined with mental and psychological disorder. There is no unified treatment standard for this condition at present. There exist problems

such as high incidence

doctors’ low distinguishing degree of this disease

patients’ low psychological acceptance degree of antidepressant and other psychotropic drugs

poor drug effect

low patients’ benefit degree

etc. This article discusses the pathogenesis

correlation and treatment of heart and psychological disease from the angle of Chinese medicine. Based on the basic pathogenesis

which is disorder of heart governing blood and vessels and damaged heart vessels

the authors put forward that the intervention of heart and psychological disease includes two aspects

emphasizing regulating liver Qi from emotion disorder and emphasizing benefiting Qi

strengthening spleen

resolving phlegm

promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals from blood and vessels. At the same time

according to patients’ bias of psychological and somatic symptoms

with or without mental inducement and other expressions

the main dysfunction of different patients at different stages should be held. Thus the key treatment direction of prescriptions could be adjusted.