WU Jianping, DANG Xiaojing, SUN Haijiao, et al. Thoughts and Methods of Chinese Medicine Treatment of Heart and Psychological Disease[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2016, 57(2): 115-117.
WU Jianping, DANG Xiaojing, SUN Haijiao, et al. Thoughts and Methods of Chinese Medicine Treatment of Heart and Psychological Disease[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2016, 57(2): 115-117.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2016.02.007.
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.