WENG Weiliang’s Experience on Treating Chronic Heart Failure[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2015, 56(19): 1635-1638.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2015.19.004.
Chronic Heart Failure( CHF) is the end stage of many kinds of heart diseases
which seriously affected cardiovascular patients’ time and quality of life. Prof. WENG Weiliang holds that the pathogenesis of CHF is based on Qi( Yang)
blood and water. Qi( Yang) deficiency
blood stasis and water retention are basic pathological factors of CHF. Take supplementing Qi
warming Yang
activating blood and inducing diuresis as basic therapy. Meanwhile
treat syndromes flexibly and variously according to patients’ excessiveness and deficiency of Qi
blood
Yin
Yang
cold
heat
asthenia and sthenia and the degree of blood stasis
excessive fluid and turbid phlegm
containing the characteristics of seasons
living area
etc. Especially
Prof. WENG emphasizes using herbs rationally and safely.