Character Profile: Han Xuejie, Chief Physician, the seventh batch of National Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine, Distinguished Expert in Internal Medicine of Dongcheng Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Clinical Foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Executive Director of the Chinese Medicine Standard Research Center of the Medical Research Institute, concurrently Deputy Director of the Office of Traditional Chinese Medicine Standardization of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the 20th generation descendant of Shen’s Women’s Department. He has been engaged in clinical work of traditional Chinese medicine for more than 30 years, and is good at treating coronary heart disease, hypertension, arrhythmia, stroke sequelae and other cardiovascular diseases, as well as infertility, tumors and other diseases.
With the advent of summer, patients with coronary heart disease often enter a “relaxation period” – most patients believe that cardiovascular disease occurs mostly in winter, thus ignoring the impact of high temperature in summer on cardiovascular disease. “Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to ‘the integration of nature and man’. Changes in the natural environment will inevitably have a direct or indirect impact on the physiology and pathology of the human body.” Han Xuejie said that in the summer and wet seasons, the leakage of body fluid from the human body damages the heart and qi, and the blood viscosity increases, which is easy to Causes blood vessels to malfunction. “Whether it’s hot or cold, you should pay attention to preventing the onset of coronary heart disease.”
Chest pain is the most common clinical manifestation of coronary heart disease. Pain, accompanied by symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, profuse sweating, or inability to lie down due to wheezing. Pain and discomfort can be as short as a few seconds to tens of minutes, and sudden death may occur if not treated in time. Combining more than 30 years of clinical experience in traditional Chinese medicine, Han Xuejie believes that the occurrence of coronary heart disease is not only related to external factors such as seasons, but also to improper diet, emotional disorders, aging and physical weakness.
Six months ago, an elderly man in his 90s came to the hospital for consultation. According to his family, the old man had three coronary stents due to coronary heart disease 10 years ago. He is unable to stand and walk and has been in a wheelchair for a year. “The elderly are frail, their organs are weakened, and they have underlying diseases such as hyperlipidemia, high blood pressure, and diabetes, and they have become a frequent population of cardiovascular diseases.” Han Xuejie said that stent or bypass surgery is not “everything.” Treatment and maintenance are especially important.
Diagnosis of syndrome differentiation and differentiation of deficiency and excess are the principles of TCM treatment of coronary heart disease. Han Xuejie explained that in the early stage of coronary heart disease, evidence-based treatment is the main reason, and patients with phlegm and phlegm are more likely to see phlegm. Traditional Chinese medicines such as Salvia miltiorrhiza, red peony root, Chuanxiong, etc. are often added to the prescriptions to dispel phlegm and remove blood stasis. Most of the elderly patients in the later stage suffer from deficiency of yin and yang. At the same time of treating coronary heart disease, supplementary qi, nourishing blood, nourishing yin and warming yang should be used. method.
“Coronary heart disease is one of the most common chronic diseases in clinic. The course of disease is long and easy to repeat. Patients can take Chinese patent medicines during the stable and remission period to achieve the effect of consolidating the curative effect and preventing the disease from changing.” Han Xuejie said, After taking the traditional Chinese medicine decoction for more than a month, the related indicators of this 90-year-old patient have improved. “The old man said that his spirit and physical strength are stronger than before, and he can even stand and walk a few steps.”
In addition to drug treatment, coronary heart disease should also pay attention to daily comprehensive conditioning. Han Xuejie summed up 36-character formulas for patients: stabilize emotions, control diet, pay attention to food intake, supplement with diet therapy, quit smoking and reduce alcohol, drink tea moderately, and exercise moderately , Qigong assistance, daily life.
Source: Beijing Evening News intern reporter He Rui
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