隋唐时期老年医学的发展与特点

The Development and Characteristics of the Geriatrics in Sui and Tang Dynasties

中医学对老年医学的认识肇始自《黄帝内经》,发展于隋唐,宋以后日渐成熟。期间,隋唐医家对老年医学理论的传承和发展起到了承上启下的作用,主要表现在:一方面秉承《黄帝内经》养生理论,系统论述老年养生,强调老年病以防为主;另一方面,对老年病的病机及论治均有所发挥,开后世老年专科论治之先河。

The geriatrics was rooted in Huangdi Neijing,which developed in Sui and Tang dynasties,then grew mature in Song and Ming dynasties. Meanwhile,The doctors in Sui and Tang dynasties played an important role in history as a connecting link between the preceding and the following. On the one hand,they inherited the health cultivation theory of Huangdi Neijing and specially systematized the health preserving theory for old people;On the other hand,they developed the pathogenesis and treatment of senile disease and germinated the specific treatment of geriatrics.