Patients with coronary heart disease are better off taking Salvia miltiorrhiza than Ginkgo biloba. Both Danshen and Ginkgo biloba are blood-stasis activating drugs, but Danshen’s properties and aptitudes belong to the heart, pericardium and liver meridians, and its main function is to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, open the veins and nourish the heart. Danshen is rich in vitamins and trace elements, and the main components are danshenin and danshenone, both of which have the function of dilating coronary arteries, increasing coronary blood flow, promoting the formation of collateral circulation and promoting myocardial microcirculation, thus nourishing the myocardium, and are mostly used to treat attacks of coronary heart disease and angina pectoris. Ginkgo biloba also has the function of activating blood circulation, relieving pain and removing turbidity and greasiness. It is suitable for acute cerebrovascular disease as well as tinnitus, vertigo and other ear nerve disorders, retinopathy caused by diabetes, age-related macular degeneration and other eye disorders of blood flow, nerve and peripheral circulation, so it is better for patients with coronary heart disease to take salvia.