CHENG Zhiqing’s Experience in Treating Chest Stuffiness and Pains by Soothing-liver Regulating Qi and Activating Stagnated Yang / 浙江中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective]To sum up Pro.CHENG Zhiqing’s clinical experience in treating coronary heart disease.[Method] By following and studying Pro. CHENG Zhiqing’s clinical experienced cases in treating coronary heart disease, Pro. CHENG Zhiqing’s academic viewpoints and characterizes were summed up from soothing liver and activating stagnated Yang, with one case for detailed explanation. [Result]Pro. CHENG obtains that liver-qi invasion and thoracic yang obstruction are both main traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndrome types. In clinical practice, Pro. CHENG emphasizes that the liver qi should be recuperated to treatment of heart diseases,and activating stagnated Yang be paid attention while removing blood stasis and eliminating the phlegm.The good curative effect relies on her ingenious flexible selection of traditional Chinese medicine,as verified by the cited case.[Conclusion] The methods of soothing liver and activating stagnated Yang have good clinical effect in treating coronary heart disease, which worthy of peer reference.