Chronic heart failure (CHF) is the terminal stage of the development of various heart diseases, is a clinical syndrome. The study found that the incidence and mortality remain high, the rehospitalization rate is high, and the quality of life is low. Recent studies have found that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has the advantages of long history, exact curative effect and small side effects in improving heart failure. Therefore, this paper discusses the progress of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of chronic heart failure from the understanding of CHF in traditional Chinese medicine, syndrome type prescriptions and traditional Chinese medicine preparations.

Qiaorui Zhou, Hong Fan. Progress in Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure. International Journal of Frontiers in Medicine (2022), Vol. 4, Issue 10: 12-15. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFM.2022.041003.

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