Coronary Heart Disease and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome： Interpretation and Reflection Based on Simultaneous Treatment of Heart and Lung in Traditional Chinese Medicine
10.13422/j.cnki.syfjx.20232199
- VernacularTitle:冠心病与阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综合征：基于中医“心肺同治”的解读与思考
- Author:
Binyu LUO
1
;
Mengmeng ZHU
1
;
Yiwen LI
1
;
Jing CUI
1
;
Yanfei LIU
1
;
Luqi HUANG
2
;
Yue LIU
1
Author Information
1. National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases of Traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM）， Xiyuan Hospital， China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences， Beijing 100091， China
2. China Center for Evidence-based Medicine of TCM， China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences， Beijing 100078， China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
coronary heart disease;
obstructive sleep apnea;
heart-lung correlation;
simultaneous treatment of heart and lung;
combination of Chinese and Western medicine
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae
2023;29(20):198-204
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
As the overweight and obese population is growing， the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea is rising， and most of the cases are complicated with coronary heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases. The two diseases affect each other and seriously endanger the patients' health， becoming a major public health problem of global concern. It is of great clinical importance to explore the combination of Chinese and Western medicine in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease complicated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Researchers have explored the relationship between the two based on traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） theory and found that the two diseases belong to the TCM disease categories of chest impediment and snoring， respectively， and their co-morbidity is associated with the abnormal physiological functions of the heart and lungs. The failure of the heart to govern blood leads to the generation of blood stasis， and that of the lung to govern Qi movement leads to the generation of phlegm. The accumulation of phlegm and blood stasis in the chest causes chest impediment and snoring due to obstruction of the airway. This paper discusses the internal linkage between the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in Chinese and Western medicine from the TCM theory of heart-lung correlation. Furthermore， this paper proposes the treatment principles of simultaneously treating the heart and lung and activating blood and resolving phlegm， aiming to provide a theoretical basis for the clinical prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease complicated with obstructive sleep apnea.
