[Experts consensus statement on Qilong Capsules in clinical practice].

Qilong Capsules is the representative Chinese patent medicine of the theory of " invigorating Qi and activating blood circulation" in traditional Chinese medicine( TCM),with distinct characteristics of TCM in clinical application. Qilong Capsules indication on package insert is ischemic stroke( cerebral infarction),which is a complex disease and has many pathological links. The treatment principles and methods at various stages are different. Inappropriate time of intervention,dosage and course of treatment make it difficult to give full play to the efficacy,but also cause adverse reactions,such as bleeding. In order to promote the rational use of Qilong Capsules,the project team invited frontline clinical experts,pharmaceutical experts and methodologist of evidence-based medicine around China to develop the consensus. The consensus is based on a combination of clinical research evidence and expert experi-ence to give recommendations for clinical problems with evidence support and expert consensus suggestions for clinical problems without evidence support. The consensus recommends the indication,timing of intervention,dosage,course of treatment,combined medication and contraindications of Qilong Capsules in clinical application,and introduced its safety characteristics,in order to guide clinical medical workers( involving Chinese medicine,Western medicine,combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine) to use Qilong Capsules reasonably in the treatment of cerebral infarction.