The traditional Chinese medicine classic ,Huangdi Neijing, says: "When there are cardiopulmonary lesions, the nose is inhibited" , of which most annotations cared about the correlation between the nose and lungs, rather than between the nose and heart. However, from literature research and clinical practice, it is necessary to elucidate the close physiological and pathological correlation between the heart and nose. Physiologically, the correlation between the heart and nose are actually extentions of the correlation between the heart and lung. If heart qi is sufficient, the nose is alert. Pathologically, yang deficiency gives rise to phlegm retention and qi stagnation in the chest; if heart vessels are blocked, then the nosal collaterals would be blocked. Clinically, whether the nose is inhibited or not helps to form a first impression about the cardiac function. What's more, when dealing with nasal congestion, one should take the heart into considertation. It's a good example to show ,Huangdi Neijing,'s guidance on TCM clinical practice.