Stage-based syndrome differentiation and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease from the perspective of "combining diseases in modern medicine and TCM patterns"
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Stage-based syndrome differentiation and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease from the perspective of "combining diseases in modern medicine and TCM patterns"
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Modern Chinese Clinical MedicineVol. 30, Issue 3, Pages: 83-87(2023)
LI Fuyao, SHI Jing, TIAN Jinzhou. Stage-based syndrome differentiation and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease from the perspective of "combining diseases in modern medicine and TCM patterns". [J]. Modern Chinese Clinical Medicine 30(3):83-87(2023)
DOI:
LI Fuyao, SHI Jing, TIAN Jinzhou. Stage-based syndrome differentiation and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease from the perspective of "combining diseases in modern medicine and TCM patterns". [J]. Modern Chinese Clinical Medicine 30(3):83-87(2023) DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-6606.2023.03.016.
Stage-based syndrome differentiation and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease from the perspective of "combining diseases in modern medicine and TCM patterns"增强出版
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by cognitive impairment. Although the term cannot be found in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) classics
the disease has long been recorded
providing a solid theoretical foundation and rich clinical experience. In the modern era
various TCM treatment methods have also been put forward for it
including supplementing the kidney
dissolving phlegm
and invigorating blood.However
for AD
a dynamically progressing disease
the principle of "combining diseases in modern medicine and TCM patterns" should be adopted
and stage-based syndrome differentiation and treatment in a targeted manner is key. In terms of disease characteristics
the core and throughout pathogenesis is kidney deficiency
especially in the early stage. With the disease progression
excess pathogens like phlegm
blood stasis
and fire stand out in the middle stage. In the late stage
the exuberance of toxin with decline of healthy qi accelerates the deterioration of the patient’s conditions. As for individualized syndrome differentiation
the theory of "five viscera storing spirit" can be applied for in-depth identification of cognitive
psychological and behavioral symptoms in addition to finding the overall pattern based on
zang
-
fu
pattern differentiation. This study puts forward a four-level TCM therapy of AD from the perspective of "combining diseases in modern medicine and TCM patterns" : 1) supplementing the kidney as early as possible and throughout the stages; 2) adopting the method of resolving phlegm
dispelling stasis
purging fire
removing toxin and preventing collapse at different stages; 3) taking a global approach based on syndrome differentiation of
zang
-
fu
viscera; 4) adopting the theory of "five viscera storing spirit" for cognitive
psychological and behavioral symptoms.
关键词
阿尔茨海默病病证结合肾虚病机级联假说五脏藏神脏腑辨证
Keywords
Alzheimer’s diseasecombining diseases in modern medicine and TCM patternskidney deficiencypattern cascade hypothesisfive viscera storing spiritssyndrome differentiation of zang-fu viscera