Advances in syndrome and treatment of motor neuron disease with traditional Chinese medicine
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-6706.2019.18.031
- VernacularTitle: 运动神经元病中医证治与进展
- Author:
Qinying WANG
1
;
Jiangmin ZHAO
2
;
Qing ZHAN
3
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Shanghai Construction Group Hospital, Shanghai 200083, China
2. Department of Imaging, the Ninth People′s Hospital Affiliated to Medical College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201999, China
3. Department of Neurology, the Seventh People′s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200137, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Motor neuron disease;
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
Medicine, chinese traditional;
Flaccidity syndrome;
Hoarseness disease and miliaria;
Etiology and pathogenesis;
Treatment according to syndrome differentiation;
Review
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2019;26(18):2300-2304
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Motor neuron disease(MND) is a group of progressive motor neuron diseases and the pathogenesis is not well defined.The pathologic hallmark of MND is death of lower motor neurons(consisting of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and their brainstem homologues innervating bulbar muscles) and upper, or corticospinal, motor neurons.The clinical manifestations of MND are mucsle weakness, muscle atrophy, fasciculations, bulbar paralysis and positive pyramidal signs.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) named MND as flaccidity syndrome.Recently, some scholars have proposed that "MND" can be regarded as an independent research object of TCM.At present, symptomatic supportive treatment is the main treatment for MMD in western medicine, which can only slow the progress of the disease.TCM treatment for MND has advantages of more effective than western medicine, fewer adverse reactions and lower price.So TCM can be used as an effective method for combined treatment of MND.This article reviews the research progress of syndrome and treatment of MND with TCM.
