Clinical Research Advances in Traditional Chinese Medicine for Chronic Heart Failure Complicated with Depression

Abstract

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a common critical and severe condition in clinical practice, with high incidence and mortality rates. When the body develops CHF, as the disease progresses, patients will experience negative emotions such as anxiety and depression, which further aggravate the condition and seriously affect the prognosis. Currently, clinical practice mostly focuses on the treatment of CHF, often neglecting the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety and depression symptoms. This article explores the main treatment methods for CHF combined with anxiety and depression symptoms, the understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of chronic heart failure combined with anxiety and depression by traditional Chinese medicine, summarizes the commonly used therapeutic methods and prescriptions as well as the unique traditional Chinese medicine therapies, in order to provide reference for clinical practice.