阿尔茨海默病中医肺脏理论病机探析

Analysis of Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease from Lung in Traditional Chinese Medicine

阿尔茨海默病也就是老年性痴呆,是一种呈不断加重的中枢神经系统退行性病变,临床主要表现为认知能力下降、记忆能力的减退以及社会生活能力的减弱。大多数医家是从肝、心、脾、肾脏腑辨证进行论治,很少提及肺与阿尔茨海默病的关系。文章主要是基于中医理论:肺主气司呼吸,肺主行水,肺朝百脉、主治节,肺与大肠相表里,肺在志为忧,阐释肺与阿尔茨海默病的密切关系。

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system and the main clinical manifestations are decreased cognitive ability,decreased memory ability and decreased social life ability.Most of the doctors treat the disease from liver,heart,spleen and kidney based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine,and there is rare mention about the relationship between the lung and Alzheimer’s disease.Mainly based on the theory of Traditional Chinese medicine,and because the lung governs Qi and breathing,regulates water passage,governspulse and dominates regulations and has the internal and external relations with the large intestine meridian as well as the lung governs the feeling of anxiety,the aritlce explained the close relationship between the lung and Alzheimer’s disease.