Research progress on the treatment of vascular dementia by promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis
10.12206/j.issn.2097-2024.202408045
- VernacularTitle:活血化瘀法治疗血管性痴呆的研究进展
- Author:
Yu DUAN
1
;
Aijun LIU
1
Author Information
1. School of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China;Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
- Publication Type:Reviews
- Keywords:
promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis;
Vascular dementia;
Stagnation of the brain meridian;
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge;
Reynoutria japonica Houtt.;
Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort;
Radix Curcumae
- From:
Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Service
2025;43(4):151-155
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The method of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis refers to the use of traditional Chinese medicine with a dispersing effect that can eliminate blood stasis in the body to treat the syndrome of blood stasis, which has the effects of unblocking blood vessels, dissipating stasis, regulating menstruation and relieving pain and are widely used for conditions such as chest tightness, heartache, dementia, menstrual disorders caused by blood stasis. Common medicines include Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, Panax notoginseng （Burkill）, Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort, Radix Curcumae, etc. Blood activating and stasis removing drugs generally have the effects of improving microcirculation, relaxing blood vessels, inhibiting thromboxane formation, and inhibiting platelet aggregation. They have good therapeutic effects on blood stasis syndrome in diseases such as coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, and vascular dementia. The research progress on traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine on the treatment of vascular dementia with blood activating and stasis removing drugs were reviewed, in order to provide reference for the clinical application of blood activating and stasis removing methods in the treatment of vascular dementia.
