Cao Hongxin
Lineage & School of Heritage
During his graduate studies, Cao Hongxin studied under Professor Zhang Qi and Professor Huang Bingshan, both renowned experts in Chinese medicine in China.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
A man of Han ethnicity, he was born in 1958 in Harbin, Heilongjiang. He has served as president of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine and as president of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. He was the first to propose the pathogenesis theory of 'sinking of the great qi' (daqi xiaxian) for viral myocarditis, applying the method of boosting qi and raising the sunken (yiqi shengxian) to its treatment. He advanced the theory that the basic pathogenesis of coronary heart disease is deficiency of heart yang with phlegm and stasis obstructing the collaterals, and applied the method of warming yang and benefiting the heart (wenyang yixin) in its treatment. He established dispelling pathogens and resolving toxin (texie jiedu) as the early-stage treatment for SARS, proposed a new research model for the effective intervention of Chinese medicine in sudden outbreaks of epidemic disease of unknown cause, and screened out an effective compound prescription, Anteiwei Capsule (Anteiwei Jiaonang). He has presided over eleven national-level scientific and technological projects, including the National 973 Program, the National 863 Program, and key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published 231 academic papers and has been responsible for the compilation of 28 academic works. National planning textbooks he has edited include Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine (Zhongyi Jichu Lilun) and A Compendium of Chinese Medical and Pharmaceutical Terminology (Zhongguo Zhongyi Yaoxue Shuyu Jicheng).
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of TCM Cognition of Life and Disease, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, a doctoral supervisor, and a chief researcher at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and he enjoys a special government allowance from the State Council. He has trained 36 master's students, 28 doctoral students, and 17 postdoctoral researchers.
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