老年期痴呆证是老年性痴呆、血管性痴呆、混合性痴呆和其它(外伤、帕金森)痴呆的总称,因其临床症状、病因病机的复杂性以及其较大的危害性而成为当今医学界研究的重点及难点。中医学中"整体观念"和"辨证论治"针对本病的治疗明显优于西医学的"对症治疗",通过查阅并总结古今文献,以期对现代中医学临床辨治老年期痴呆病变有所帮助。
Senile dementia syndrome refers to vascular dementia,mixed dementia and other forms of dementia(trauma,Parkinson's disease). Because of the clinical symptoms,the complex etiology and the dangerous risks,it has become to be the key research and difficulty of the medical profession. The whole idea and syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine have obvious advantages on senile dementia syndrome than the symptomatic treatment of western medicine. Through browsing and summarizing the literature of the ancient and modern,it makes a help to the modern Chinese medicine clinical differentiation of senile dementia syndrome.