Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease referred to as coronary heart disease for short

belongs to the category of "chest-

bi

" in traditional Chinese medicine. Prof.Wei Zhongmin believes that the occurrence of chest-

bi

is due to deficiency and stagnation. The deficiency here means that the vital energy is not sufficient

and the stagnation denotes that the vessels are obstructed. As for viscera

the heart and spleen are to blame. The dual deficiency of the heart and spleen runs through the whole disease course. In clinical treatment

Prof.Wei emphasizes that replenishing essence qi of the

zang

-

fu

organs and smoothing the channels of qi and blood is key to the chest-

bi

treatment. She puts forward the therapeutic principles that deficiency can be tonified to unblock and stagnation can be regulated to make it smooth

supplemented by the treatment principle of nourishing the heart and calming the mind. Combined with clinical cases

this paper introduces Prof.Wei’s thoughts and experience in the chest-

bi

treatment.