泰医养生草药

Life Nurturing Herbs of Traditional Thai Medicine

年龄相关性疾病以及衰老和氧化应激有密切的联系,抗氧化是预防年龄相关性疾病和衰老的重要方式。热带草药多有抗氧化作用,其中有较多的养生草药,如小花山奈、高颗、东革阿里、凹唇姜、姜黄等自古以来就被传统泰医用于驻颜益寿。我国部分中药本原产于外国,特别是邻近的东南亚各国,后被引进和吸收成为中药。泰医学是世界传统医学的一种,有较长的历史,热带草药资源丰富,其养生草药值得去研究和挖掘,有可能被吸收为中医养生本草。

Age-related diseases and aging are closely related to oxidative stress.Therefore, anti-oxidation is an important way to prevent age-related diseases and aging.Many tropical plants have anti-oxidant effects, and there are many life nurturing herbs.Such as Xiaohua Shannai(Kaempferia parviflora),Dongge Aili(Eurycoma longifolia),Gaoke(Pueraria mirifica),Aochunjiang(Boesenbergia rotunda),Jianghuang(Curcuma longa) and so on have been used as life nurturing herbs since ancient times.A part of Chinese herbs are native to foreign countries, especially in Southeast Asian countries closing to China.These plants were introduced and absorbed into traditional Chinese medicine.Thai Medicine, a kind of traditional medicine in the world, has a long history and rich tropical herbs resources.Thai rejuvenating plants may be absorbed as nurturing herbs of traditional Chinese medicine.Therefore, it is worthy of studying.