The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in China is increasing rapidly.Chronic heart failure has become an important public health problem in the field of cardiovascular system.Heart failure is mainly caused by hypertension and coronary heart disease,and would be aggravated by infection.Cardiovascular disease occupies the first place among the causes of death in China.The incidence of chronic heart failure in the elderly patients also increases with the age.This paper reviews the research progress of the current epidemiology,prevention and therapy of chronic heart failure.

目的：观察二仙汤合甘麦大枣汤加减治疗女性更年期失眠的疗效。方法选取2015年3月～2015年8月河南中医学院第一附属医院收治的更年期失眠的患者66例作为研究对象。服用二仙汤合甘麦大枣汤加减，连服2周为1个疗程。结果痊愈30例，显效22例，有效8例，无效6例，总有效率93.9%。结论二仙汤合甘麦大枣汤加减治疗女性更年期失眠有一定的疗效，副作用小，安全性高，值得推广。

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