Review and Prospect of the Preventive Effect of “Supplementing Qi and Nourishing Yin, Activating Blood Circulation and Detoxifying” on Diabetes Mellitus Complicated with Acute Coronary Syndrome

At present, the prevalence of diabetes is on the rise, while the cardiovascular disease is a major complication of diabetes mellitus. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a severe form of coronary heart disease. Compared with nondiabetic patients, there are more difficulties and troubles in deal with diabetic ACS patients with more serious condition. Although percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) played a certain role on recanalization for coronary artery, the problems facing PCI are still serious for the diabetic ACS patients after the operation. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) confirms that the etiology and pathogenesis of diabetic ACS are deficiency in Qi and yin, and accumulation in stasis and toxin. Through clinical observation and retrospective analysis, We found that the “Supplementing Qi and nourishing Yin, activating blood circulation and detoxifying”, which simplified the treatment prescription, are integrated treatment of multiple links, multiple path ways, and multiple targets for the diabetic ACS, and are the unique advantages of the holistic concept, syndrome differentiation for treating and multi-levels intervention of TCM full practice in the comprehensive prevention and treatment for diabetic ACS