A Study on the Correlation between Atherosclerosis and"Maiyong"
WANG Yu
LIANG Lizhe
Abstract：In recent years,cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases,primarily based on the pathology of atherosclerosis(AS),have become the leading cause of death worldwide.Their pathogenesis is closely related to inflammatory responses,disorders of lipid metabolism,and vascular endothelial dysfunction.Modern medicine mainly employs lipid-lowering,antihypertensive,and anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment,while traditional Chinese medicine often approaches treatment from the perspectives of phlegm-turbidity,blood stasis,and qi deficiency,having achieved certain therapeutic effects.By reviewing classical texts on the theory of"Yong"(abscess),similarities in etiology and pathogenesis between"Yong"and AS were identified.Consequently,the concept of"Maiyong"(Vessel Abscess)is introduced to promote the modernization and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine theory.Through searches in databases such as CNKI,Wanfang,and VIP,combined with the clinical experience of modern practitioners in"treating based on the abscess theory",it was found that the"dispelling,expelling,and tonifying"treatment principles from traditional Chinese medicine external medicine show good efficacy in the staged treatment of AS.This article summarizes the research on the correlation between"Maiyong"of abscess disease and AS in terms of disease occurrence,development,and staged treatment,aiming to provide new perspectives for the integrated traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine treatment of AS.
Keywords：carbunclevessel carbuncletreating based on carbuncle theoryatherosclerosis
Publication Date：2026-05-20
Online Publishing Date：2026-07-17(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 57-62 )