从脾肾归经角度探析《本草纲目》轻身延年药物

Study on those delaying senescence herbals of “Compendium of Materia Medica” from the Point of the spleen and kidney tropism

生理性衰老是一种正常的自然现象,从古至今,人们从未间断过对延缓衰老的探索。中医理论认为,衰老与脾肾关系十分密切。肾藏精,为先天之本;脾胃运化腐熟水谷,为后天之本。脾肾功能的健全直接关系机体衰老的进展。据统计,《本草纲目》中收录了100多味具有轻身延年功效的药物,其中很多皆入脾肾两经。文章拟从《本草纲目》中轻身延年药物入手,揭示补益脾肾两脏与延缓衰老的关系,对今后抗衰老的研究将具有重要意义。

Physiological aging is a normal natural phenomenon, since ancient times, people never intermittently explore the de- laying senescence. The relationship between spleen and kidney and aging are very close in theory of Chinese medicine. The kid- ney stores the essence, which is the foundation of nature. Digestion of food by the spleen and stomach is the foundation of ac- quired constitution. The function of spleen and kidney is directly related to the progress of organism aging. According to statistics, ＂Compendium of Materia Medica＂ contains more than 100 herbals with effect of delaying senescence, many of them owned by spleen and kidney. Therefore, to reveal the relationship between tonifying the spleen and kidney and delaying senescence from those herbals in ＂Compendium of Materia Medica＂ is of great importance.