Thinking on treatment of cognitive impairment of diabetes in the elderly with kidney-tonifying therapy from the correlation between brain and kidney
10.3760/cma.j.cn115398-20230513-00154
- VernacularTitle:从肾脑相关探讨补肾（精）法治疗老年糖尿病认知障碍的思路
- Author:
Zhige WEN
1
;
Shan ZHANG
;
Qing NI
Author Information
1. 中国中医科学院广安门医院2022级博士研究生，北京 100053
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus;
Aged;
Cognition disorders;
Kidney-brain correlation;
Kidney-tonifying (essence) method;
Viscera correlativity
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;46(6):686-691
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Based on the correlation between brain and kidney, this article discussed the scientific connotation of tonifying kidney therapy in treating diabetes mellitus in the elderly complicated with cognitive impairment. Kidney-related theory originates from the viscera-related theory of TCM. The brain is the sea of marrow, and the marrow is born of essence, which originates from the qi and blood of the five internal organs, and its root lies in the kidney. Kidney stores essence, governs bone and marrow, and connects with brain, and "kidney-essence-marrow-brain" form a system, which is closely related with each other. The kidney is full of essence and the brain is full of marrow, and the brain is full of intelligence, thus exerting the physiological function of "the brain is the house of wisdom". Both of them depend on each other physiologically, give birth to each other, and affect each other pathologically. Based on the theory of kidney and brain, from the physiological characteristics of old patients' weakness, aging and kidney-qi weakness, and the development trend of diabetes-related encephalopathy caused by "thirst-quenching for a long time, forgetfulness and palpitation", the core therapeutic methods of tonifying kidney, replenishing marrow and brain to treat senile diabetes complicated with cognitive impairment were introduced, and then the basis for the treatment of diabetic cognitive impairment by tonifying kidney was provided from the modern microscopic study of brain and kidney.
