Traditional Chinese medicine for dementia
Traditional Chinese medicine for dementia
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DOI：
10.1002/alz.12258
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发表时间：
2021-03-07
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14
通讯作者：
Le, Weidong
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作者：
Li, Song;Wu, Zhengzhi;Le, Weidong
在西方医学中，痴呆症是指一系列影响认知、心理健康和身体能力的疾病。中国古代医学文献也记载了痴呆样症状，但从完全不同的理论角度描述了这种疾病。中国古代关于记忆丧失的最早记录可以追溯到2000年前。在中医学中，痴呆症的病因主要是脑营养不良、脾肾虚弱、血瘀、痰浊。有趣的是，中国古代医生提出，痴呆症不仅表现为认知症状，还表现为非认知症状，包括精神障碍和睡眠障碍，这些症状在西方医学中得到了广泛的研究。各种中医处方、草药和针灸也被提出用于痴呆症的预防和治疗。其中一些策略仍在当前的临床实践中使用。回顾和强调中医药治疗痴呆症的独特认识，可能会对未来的痴呆症研究有所启示。
In Western medicine, dementia refers to a spectrum of diseases affecting cognition, mental health, and physical abilities. Ancient medical literatures of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also recorded dementia-like symptoms, but described the disease from a totally distinct theoretical point of view. The earliest records of memory loss in ancient China can be traced back 2000 years earlier. In TCM, dementia can be attributed mainly to the Brain dystrophy, Spleen-Kidney weakness, Blood stasis, and Phlegm stagnation. Of interest, ancient Chinese physicians have proposed that dementia manifests as not only cognitive but also noncognitive symptoms including psychiatric disorders and sleep disturbance, which have been investigated widely nowadays in Western medicine. Various TCM prescriptions, herbal medicines, and acupunctures have also been proposed for dementia prevention and therapy. Some of these strategies are still used in current clinical practice. Reviewing and highlighting the unique TCM recognition of treating dementia may shed light on future dementia research.