浅谈中医对女性衰老机理的认识

TCM Recognition on Mechanism of Female Aging

中医学有丰富的关于延缓衰老的理论和实践，对女性衰老的认识亦有许多可借鉴之处。女性在生理上有经、孕、产和哺乳等与男性不同的生理特点，因而其衰老过程及发生机理也与男性有明显不同。导致女性衰老的因素是多方面的，随着年龄的增长，虚损与气滞、血瘀、痰浊等相互作用，导致全身功能衰减。深入探讨女性衰老机理、规律，对女性衰老的防治具有积极的意义。

TCM boosts plenty theories and practice on delaying aging, Many TCM recognitions on the mechanism of female aging are still useful. The female has menstruation, pregnancy, and lactation physiologically, which are different from the male, so the mechanism of the female aging is obviously different from the male. Many factors leads to female aging, such as the growth of age, interaction between deficiency, qi stagnation, blood stasis, and turbid phlegm, and results in functional retrogradation of the whole body. A deep discussion on the mechanism and law of female aging will bring about positive significance in the prevention and treatment of this disease.