People should know very well that the carotid artery is one of the main blood vessels of the brain, and if this part of the body is sick, it will have a very big impact on the whole body. Carotid artery stenosis is now a very common problem, once the carotid artery stenosis, the blood supply channel becomes unsmooth, fresh blood can not be delivered to the brain in a timely manner, which will cause a lot of discomfort to the body. Clinically, carotid artery stenosis is also divided into mild and severe, if only mild carotid artery stenosis, the blood supply and blood flow to the brain will not be too serious, if there is no obvious ischemic symptoms, you can control the growth of carotid artery intima-media plaque through conservative drug treatment, thus preventing stenosis from aggravating the situation. If carotid artery stenosis develops to severe, it means that the blood flow channel to the brain has been seriously blocked, at this time, the brain will have serious blood supply shortage, and the patient will have more obvious discomfort symptoms, and may even cause cerebral stroke and cerebral infarction and other problems. Severe carotid artery stenosis is even more dangerous, and the treatment is even more important. Can severe carotid artery stenosis be treated with Chinese medicine? Obviously, severe carotid artery stenosis is not enough to rely only on traditional Chinese medicine, at this time it is still recommended that the need for surgery to carry out scientific treatment.