Chinese medicine believes that “treatment must be based on the root of the disease”, and treats patients according to their different pathological mechanisms through evidence-based treatment. At present, the commonly used methods include the method of activating blood stasis, the method of promoting paralysis and promoting Yang, the method of aromatic warming and the method of benefiting Qi and nourishing Yin, etc. (1) Activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis method: This method mainly targets patients with coronary artery disease in which blood stasis is the main obstruction. Their symptoms are mainly pain, fixed location, relatively intense pain, petechiae or petechiae on the tongue, and astringent pulse. Commonly used drugs include Salvia miltiorrhiza, Tian Qi, Tao Ren and Hong Hua. (2) Xuan Piao Tong Yang method: Some patients have chest tightness, the location may change, accompanied by symptoms such as distension and fullness in the stomach and epigastric region, poor appetite, etc. This is due to heavy phlegm, blocking the Qi flow in the chest, leading to the occurrence of coronary heart disease, the method of Xuan Piao Tong Yang is commonly used, the commonly used drugs are Gua Pao Pi, Allium, Fa Xian Xia, Chen Pi, etc. (3) Aromatic warmth method: Chinese medicine believes that blood “condenses when it meets cold, but moves when it meets warmth”, so if coronary heart disease is caused by the retention of cold and obstruction of blood flow, then aromatic warmth method is used for treatment. Commonly used drugs include Musk Heart Protection Pill, etc. (4) Benefit qi and nourish yin method. This method is applied to patients with Qi and Yin deficiency evidence of coronary heart disease, with clinical manifestations of chest tightness and vague pain, palpitation and shortness of breath, aggravated after exertion, dry mouth, reddish tongue, less moss, thin pulse, etc. Commonly used drugs include prunus ginseng, American ginseng, maitake, and wu wei zi.