Strategies for prevention and treatment of spinal degenerative diseases from perspective of traditional Chinese medicine for bone health.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20240712.401
- Author:
Ling-Hui LI
1
;
Xu WEI
1
;
Li-Guo ZHU
1
;
Yi-Li ZHANG
2
;
Shang-Quan WANG
1
;
Kai SUN
1
;
Bao-Yu QI
1
;
Xiao-Kuan QIN
3
;
Xiao-Yang WANG
3
;
Ming CHEN
1
;
Zhi-Ze LIU
3
Author Information
1. Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100102, China Beijing Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Technology of Traditional Chinese Medicine Beijing 100102, China.
2. School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Nanjing 210023, China.
3. Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing 100102, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
bone health;
spinal degenerative diseases;
tendon-bone theory;
traditional Chinese medicine
- MeSH:
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Spinal Diseases/prevention & control*;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use*;
China;
Bone and Bones/drug effects*
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2024;49(21):5681-5685
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The population aging and the coming of the information era are accompanied with the growing incidence of spinal degenerative diseases, which result in heavy social and economic burdens. Under the guidance of the tendon-bone theory, rich experience has been accumulated in the prevention and diagnosis of spinal degenerative diseases with traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), which demonstrates unique advantages. China's government has placed people's health in the strategic position of development, providing a favorable environment for the realization of healthy aging. The Healthy China 2030 advocates special actions for healthy bones. As China is facing an important period of demographic transition, the Traditional Chinese Medicine for Bone Health Program has emerged, combining the needs of the national health strategy and the advantages of TCM. This paper discusses the background and significance of the program. According to the theory of five body constituents and the characteristics of musculoskeletal system diseases, this paper constructs a theoretical system of "tendon-meridian-muscle-bone-marrow" to explain the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system. From the holistic view of TCM, this system shows not only the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system but also the patterns of disease development and the mechanism of TCM treatment. The system facilitates the research on not only the comorbidities related to bone health but also the occurrence, development, and outcome of diseases. In the management of chronic degenerative diseases, attention should be paid to the establishment and improvement of the disease prevention and control system in addition to the disease treatment alone. Finally, this paper introduces the characteristic advantages of TCM in the whole process of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and health maintenance of spinal degenerative diseases, aiming to enrich the connotation of the tendon-bone theory, provide ideas and implementation strategies for TCM clinical practice, and ultimately achieve the effective management of the diagnosis and treatment of spinal degenerative diseases.
