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.