老年失眠症的中医研究进展

Research Progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Senile Insomnia

失眠是老年人临床常见病症,目前其治疗手段存在一定程度上的不足,亟需进一步探寻更有效、稳定的治疗方法。中医学基于对老年人体质的辨识,对其病因病机和辨证要点有独到的见解。文章将近年来中医学对失眠发生发展的机制探讨、不同辨证分型的认识、临床各类治疗方案进行梳理,从病因病机、辨证分型、治则治法3个方面全面认识本病,以期拓宽老年失眠症的诊疗思路。

Insomnia is a common clinical disease in the elderly.At present,its treatment methods are insufficient to a certain extent,more effective and stable treatments are urgently needed.Traditional Chinese medicine has unique views on the etiology,pathogenesis and key points of syndrome differentiation based on the identification of the constitution of the elderly.In this paper,the mechanism of the occurrence and development of the disease,the understanding of different syndrome differentiation and the clinical treatment of the disease were discussed in recent years,so as to comprehensively understand the disease from three aspects of etiology and pathogenesis,syndrome differentiation and treatment,in order to broaden the diagnosis and treatment of the elderly insomnia.