The invention belongs to the field of traditional Chinese medicines, and particularly relates to a
traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating atherosclerosis. The application finds that the core
pathogenesis of AS is
yang deficiency,
phlegm coagulation, qi depression and
blood stasis, the AS is treated by activating yang, promoting the circulation of qi, reducing
phlegm and dredging collaterals, and the
traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared by adding or reducing snakegourd fruit and immature bitter orange decoction and immature bitter orange,
allium macrostemon and
cassia twig decoction. When the
traditional Chinese medicine is singly used, the symptoms of oppression, dizziness, profuse
phlegm and the like of patients with atherosclerotic plaque formation and
dyslipidemia can be improved in a short time, and the traditional Chinese
medicine has the effects of lowering lipid and stabilizing plaque after long-term treatment; when the traditional Chinese
medicine composition is combined with
atorvastatin tablets for use, the traditional Chinese
medicine composition has obvious effects of lowering lipid, improving symptoms and reducing
inflammatory factors on atherosclerotic patients with
yang deficiency, phlegm coagulation, qi deficiency and
blood stasis syndromes. The traditional Chinese medicine composition has certain safety in clinical application regardless of a single traditional Chinese medicine formula or the combination of the traditional Chinese medicine composition and
atorvastatin tablets.