title: [Review of clinical and experimental studies on treatment of atherosclerosis with expelling phlegm and relieving blood stasis principle].
abstract: Atherosclerosis (AS) is one of the most essential factors to cause cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. Abundant experience has been acquired in treatment of AS by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with its own distinctive diagnostic and therapeutic principles. To expell phlegm and relieve blood stasis, a hot topic of TCM therapeutic principle for AS, is reviewed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai. Chinesedoctor_ma@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Jian-Qiu
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal