Professor Xu Xinru was a pioneer in China to establish the method of purging lung and promoting diuresis in the 1960s to treat heart failure. The prescription of Heart Failure Mixture has the functions of vasodilating blood vessel, diuresis, positive inotropic effect and neuroendocrine regulation. At present, the method of purging lung and promoting diuresis has been widely used in the field of traditional Chinese medicine to prevent and treat heart failure.