Objective To observe the clinical effect of Herba Houttuyniae Injection in treating senile pneumonia and to explore its possible mechanism. Methods Sixty-five patients were randomly divided into two groups. The control group was treated with conventional western therapy (CWT), while the treatment group was treated with CWT plus Herba Houttuyniae Injection. The changes of serum cytokines, IL-2 and TNF-?, before and after treatment were observed. Results the total effective rate of treatment group is 94.3%, while that of the control group is 83.3%. The difference of the total effective rate between the two groups was significant(P

The national famous TCM doctor, Professor LUO Quan considers that the key pathogeny of chronic heart failure (CHF) is deficiency of yang qi, blood blocking and liquid stagnation, and should be treated with the method of tonifying qi and warming yang, activating blood and expelling stasis and inducing diuresis to alleviate edema. Qiangxin Prescription was created based on the above treatments, with obvious efficacy. This article conducted a preliminary analysis on the essence of medication of Qiangxin Prescription, took some example of Professor LUO Quan's experiences in using this prescription, with a purpose to be helpful to the treatment of syndrome differentiation and treatment of CHF.