Traditional Chinese Medicine Study and Relevant Development on Mild Cognitive Impairment

VernacularTitle:轻度认知障碍的中医研究进展
Author: Huijuan CAO ; Zhihua YU ; Jiulin CHEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Mild cognitive impairment; traditional Chinese medicine; dementia; amnesia; mental disease
From: World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2015;(8):1729-1733
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is considered as an intermediate clinical state between normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The cognitive function and life ability of patients are normal, which have not met the criteria of AD. MCI is considered to be an earlier stage of AD. The clinical effects of AD in the middle or late stage are unsatisfactory. Therefore, studies on MCI have become the hot research areas both at home and abroad. The therapy of MCI is similar to AD. The treatment effect is uncertain. Hence, the understanding and treatment of MCI by TCM reflected TCM features. This article reviewed on TCM understanding of MCI, TCM syndrome differentiation criteria and TCM treatment methods of MCJ. Thus, it was aimed to further understand the dynamic of MCI in order to provide references for improving TCM clinical effects and reducing the incidence of AD.