从“脾”论治肌肉减少症

Treating Sarcopenia on the Basis of Spleen

肌肉减少症是一种以肌肉病变为主的老年综合征,临床可变现为行走不稳、跌倒等。中医讲脾主肌肉,肌肉的生理、病理皆与脾息息相关。若脾脏生病变,运化升清失常,则肌肉亦可产生病变,而表现出一系列临床症状。故肌肉减少症的发生、发展与脾脏功能失调密不可分。该文通过分析脾与肌肉的关系,强调从脾论治肌少症的重要性,为临床治疗肌少症提供参考。

Sareopenia is a geriatric syndrome characterized with the muscle lesions.Its clinical manifestations are walking instability,fall,and so on.In TCM,spleen is the foundation of the muscle,and the physiology and pathology of muscle are closely related to the spleen.When the spleen appear lesions,it will lead to muscle lesions,and lead to some of the clinical symptoms.Therefore,the occurrence and development of sarcopenia is inseparable from spleen dysfunction.By analyzing the relationship between spleen and muscle,this paper emphasizes the importance of treating sarcopenia from spleen.