帕金森病与帕金森综合征的西医病名相近,源于二病的症状表现类似,而中医学则将二者统一于"老年颤证"范畴,更是因为中医学命名疾病多依据症状。单从症状判断,易混淆二者,如诊断错误,治疗的准确性则无从谈起。中医学历来重视辨"证",而相对忽略对"病"的辨析。从帕金森病和帕金森综合征来看,中医学在"病"的层面上并未区分二者。但中医学对两病的疗效却毋庸置疑,原因就在其"辨证"的准确性上。21世纪的今天,临床医生完全可以借助实验室检查,辨清两病。以中医辨证论治为主,结合西医诊断明确疾病,病证结合,取长补短,采用针对性更强的治疗手段,将能大幅提高综合治疗的效果和患者的生存质量。
Name of Parkinson' s Disease ( PD ) and Parkinsonism is approximate, because these two kinds of diseases symp- toms are similar. Both PD and Parkinsonism are in the range of tremor, but also because symptom is one of naming principle of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Diagnosis only depends on the symptom, which is easy to be mistaken and not to mention the accu- racy of treatment. TCM always pays attention to differentiating syndrome, but it ignores relatively differentiating disease. TCM un- derstands PD and Parkinsonism without distinction in the level of disease. The curative effect of TCM on them is outstanding, be- cause it is accurate in syndrome differentiation. Now clinician could discern the two by means of laboratory examination. Relied primarily on treatment based on syndrome differentiation of TCM, and supplemented by western medicine diagnosis to make clear disease, which is combination of the disease and the syndrome. The advantage is complementary and using the targeted therapy, which would greatly increase the effect of comprehensive treatment and the patients' quality of life.