3.The possibility of prevention and early treatment of “atherosclerosis” What is the key to the prevention and early treatment of “atherosclerosis”? It depends on the degree of awareness of its causes. In the author’s opinion, it depends on the degree of awareness of its causes. At present, there is a general lack of knowledge about the cause of the disease, that is, a “cognitive deficit” in the formation of “atherosclerosis”. I think this is the root cause of the soaring incidence of cardiovascular diseases in China; it is the main condition factor leading to the formation of “atherosclerosis”. People’s “cognitive defects” of the disease include: bad lifestyle, bad diet, bad mood, bad personality, bad mental state, etc. These factors are all factors of “atherosclerosis”. All these factors are important components of the specific “etiological subsystem” of “atherosclerosis”. We can only reveal the pathogenesis of the “etiological subsystem” of the disease scientifically and objectively, and apply the traditional Chinese medicine idea of “treating the disease before it happens” to find the prevention and treatment of the disease from its “etiological subsystem”. We can only find methods and measures to prevent and treat the disease from its “etiological subsystem”, so that prevention and early treatment of the disease are possible.