Objective To observe clinical effects of adjuvant therapy of Shuxin Qufeng Decoction（ 舒心祛风汤）on patients after coronary artery stenting. Methods Sixty-one patients after coronary artery stenting were randomly divided into a treatment group（ 30 cases） and a control group（ 31 cases）. Both two groups were treated with standard western medicine. On this basis

the treatment group also was given Shuxin Qufeng Decoction. Course of treatment for both groups were 6 weeks. Before and after treatment

echocardiographic indexes as well as attack frequency and duration of angina of patients were observed. Concise health questionnaires [physiological function（ PF）

role physical（ RP）

body pain（ BP）

general health（ GH）

vitality（ VT）

social function（ SF）

role emotional（ RE）

and mental health（ MH） ]

Seattle Scale [physical limitation（ PL）

anginal stability（ AS）

anginal frequency（ AF）

treatment satisfaction（ TS）

and disease perception（ DP） ]

Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Hamilton Depression Scale were used to evaluate patients’ quality of life and mental health status. After treatment

distribution of patients’ Chinese medical symptoms was ranked

and curative effects on Chinese medical syndromes were evaluated. Results Total effectiveness of Chinese medical syndromes was 76. 67% in the treatment group and 41. 94% in the control group. Curative effect of Chinese medical syndromes in the treatment group was better than that in the control group（ P < 0. 05）. Compared with in the control group

distribution rank of Chinese medical symptoms significantly improved in the treatment group after treatment（ P < 0. 5 or P < 0. 01）. After treatment

attack frequency and duration of angina in both groups significantly decreased compared with those before treatment（ P < 0. 05）

especially in the treatment group（ P < 0. 05）. After treatment

left ventricular ejection fraction

stroke volume

mean values of systolic peak velocity（ m-Vs） and mean displacement towards apex（ m-Ds） in intermediate

and basal segment in both groups improved compared with those before treatment

especially m-Vs and m-Ds in intermediate and basal segment in the treatment group（ P < 0. 05）. After treatment

scores of BP

GH

SF

RE

MH

AS

AF

TS

and DP were higher in both groups than those before treatment

especially scores of BP

GH

MH

AS

TS

and DP in the treatment group（ P < 0. 05 or P < 0. 01）. Score of Hamilton Anxiety Scale significantly decreased in the treatment group after treatment compared with that before treatment in the same group and that after treatment in the control group（ P < 0. 05）. No adverse effect occurred during the treatment. Conclusion It is a safe and effective adjuvant therapy using Shuxin Qufeng Decoction for patients after coronary artery stenting. It can reduce attack frequency of angina

promote recovery of myocardial function

and improve Chinese medical syndromes and quality of life.