阿尔茨海默病的中医治疗探讨

Discussion of Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy For Alzheimer's Disease

阿尔茨海默病(AD)是以认知功能障碍和记忆损害为主要临床特征的神经退行性疾病,多发于老年人。目前,其病因复杂,导致缺乏有效的诊断、治疗和预防手段。传统中医治疗不失为一种行之有效的治疗方法。结合文献对近年来阿尔茨海默病的中医治疗方法进行探讨。

Alzheimer＇s disease （AD）is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in aged humans that is characterized with pathological dementia and memory damage in clinic. Due to its complex pathogeny, there is no effective method to diagnose, prevent and treat it. Traditional Chinese medicine therapy has played an important and effective role in these years. Combined litera- tures,this article summarized traditional Chinese medicine therapy for Alzheimer; disease in these years.