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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 13 Chinese secondary treatment of highly active antiretroviral therapy HIV / AIDS Ideas of [Keywords:] HIV, AIDS, antiretroviral therapy, Chinese medicine Because of AIDS (AIDS) spread fast, high mortality, is still no cure, combined with refractory hepatitis C and drug-resistant tuberculosis, making it a not effectively controlled, the whole world of serious infectious diseases. Although highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) significantly reduced the emergence of HIV in developed countries (HIV)-related infectious disease incidence and mortality [1], so that the disease into a chronic manageable disease, but Also associated with HIV drug resistance, drug toxicity problems and other adverse events. I present in the application of HAART at the same time, how to combine traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine with complementary advantages and implementation / attenuated efficiency, especially in the current HAART side effects, resistance to herbs, intermittent therapy and immune reconstitution syndrome, there were outstanding issues in the ideas and methods of medical treatment. A highly active antiretroviral therapy treatment side effects of traditional Chinese medicine Because HAART toxicity of the medication compliance of patients, often leading to one of the important factors of treatment failure [2]. HAART in addition lead to gastrointestinal tract, nervous system and skin and other general adverse reactions, can also cause the following symptoms: ① lipodystrophy. usually taking protease inhibitors such as ritonavir and other Indy prone to abnormal fat distribution, fat atrophy occurs, and high triglycerides hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and even affect glucose metabolism, causing insulin resistance or high insulin hyperlipidemia, increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. ② liver damage. with HAART patients, nearly 10% had severe transaminase elevation. in the presence of non-nucleosid