Paste is one of the ten traditional forms of traditional Chinese medicine, divided into external paste and internal paste, internal paste is also called cream, originally as the “patent” of the dignitaries, with the social and economic progress, people’s living standards continue to improve, paste has entered the common people’s homes, and popular in the north and south of the country. Can the poultice only be used as a tonic? Can cardiovascular and cerebrovascular patients take poultices in winter? To answer this question, we have to start from the characteristics of the cream prescription: So, what are the characteristics of the cream prescription? In fact, in summary, there are three characteristics of the cream prescription: First, the cream can be more or less, and flexible combination, the cream can be more than 40 or 50 Chinese medicines, less only three or four drugs, while the soup formula can not be too large, the prescription of proprietary Chinese medicine can be very large, but not flexible combination, for patients with complex and relatively stable need to consolidate treatment, the cream is a good choice; Second, the processing process is special. It needs to be divided into different processes such as group decoction, single decoction, powdering and so on according to different drugs in the formula, and the decoction time is long. The complex composition of poultices makes it possible to both tonic deficiency and cure diseases. Even in the Qing dynasty, the main purpose of the cream prescriptions was to regulate diseases, because the medicine could not be too bitter for the emperors, royal relatives and dignitaries, and it was not possible for the medicine to be tasty, so the doctors came up with the form of the cream prescription, which was both tasty and curative. The formation process of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases can last for decades, and the course of the disease is long, so its treatment cannot be achieved overnight. In the acute, early and exacerbation periods, it is necessary to treat with tonics, because there is a “soup, also swing”, which means that tonics are powerful, effective and easy to adjust, while in the chronic period or for prevention, it is often a formula that may need to eat Secondly, the condition of cardiovascular disease is complex, and it is rare to see it manifested as a certificate, often there are deficiencies and realities, real like blood stasis, phlegm, qi stagnation, etc., deficiencies are heart’s qi, blood, yin and yang deficiency, and even the development of kidney’s yin and yang deficiency, the treatment of such a complex disease, the formula is not simple, relying on a few medicines can not take full care of. At this time, you can choose poultices.