中医药对慢病预防的概况与层次划分

The general situation and hierarchical division of TCM on the prevention of chronic diseases

慢性非传染性疾病简称“慢性病”或“慢病”,主要以心脑血管疾病、糖尿病、肿瘤和慢性阻塞性肺疾病为主,已成为威胁全人类健康的主要疾病,故对慢病的预防尤为重要。文章综述了目前中医药预防慢病的方法,归纳为3个层次,以期能发挥中医药在防病保健中的优势,为慢病防治工作提出思路。

Noncommunicable chronic diseases,referred to as“chronic diseases”,mainly include cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases,diabetes,cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,which have become one of the major threats to the health of mankind.Therefore,the prevention of chronic diseases is particularly important.In this paper,the methods of preventing chronic diseases by traditional Chinese medicine are summarized into three levels,so as to give full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in disease prevention and health care,and to put forward ideas for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.