Key result
Chinese Herbal Medicine serves as a potentially beneficial complementary therapy for elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases, offering holistic regulation and individualized treatment.
Why the study?
Does Chinese Herbal Medicine provide potential benefits for elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases?
Does Chinese Herbal Medicine provide potential benefits for elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases?
Chinese Herbal Medicine and Western medicine may be mutually complementary in treating elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases.
May support adjunctive use in elderly CVD patients; leaves open need for rigorous RCTs before practice change.
Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM), as the most common form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been playing an important role in the treatment of elderly cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in China. In this paper, we briefly discuss on the potential benefits of CHM for elderly patients with CVDs. Initially, we summarize the characteristics of CVDs in the elderly, the present treatment of CVDs in the elderly, and the clinical applications of CHM for CVDs. Secondly, in addition to introducing the features of CHM, we discuss the differences between CHM and Western medicine. Lastly, the potential benefits of CHM are presented. We came to a conclusion that as mutual complementary, Western medicine and TCM together shall benefit the elderly patients with CVDs.
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Luo et al. (2013) conducted a review in Cardiovascular diseases. Chinese Herbal Medicine vs. Western medicine was evaluated. Chinese Herbal Medicine serves as a potentially beneficial complementary therapy for elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases, offering holistic regulation and individualized treatment.
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