The invention discloses an application of a benzo-aza derivative in preparation of a
medicine for preventing or treating atherosclerosis, the benzo-aza derivative is a compound with a
chemical structure as shown in a formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a precursor or a
metabolite of the compound, and in the formula I, X is
halogen or H. The
traditional Chinese medicine composition has the technical effects that the plaque stabilizing effect is obvious, the plaque composition is improved, the
necrosis core area in the plaque is reduced, the total plaque load can be effectively reduced, the
lesion progress is delayed / reversed, the dependence on lipid reduction is avoided, the treatment blank is filled, a brand new plaque stabilizing
treatment strategy is provided, and the clinical problem of residual cardiovascular risks is expected to be solved. The safety is good, the
organ specificity is high, and the
whole body toxicity is low. The invention provides a new treatment normal form, new use of old medicines and large clinical transformation potential, and can be used as a supplement and enhancement of a basic therapy (such as
statin lipid reduction) to form a
combined treatment scheme of lipid reduction and spot stabilization, thereby realizing multi-channel cooperative control of atherosclerosis.