中文摘要：

人口老龄化是21世纪全球的社会难题,延缓衰老是人类不断研究和探索的课题。中医＂治未病＂理论和实践对延缓衰老具有重要意义,而中医体质学说是研究延缓衰老的良好载体。体质概念的四大基础,即体质过程论、禀赋遗传论、形神构成论和环境制约论,与衰老过程密切相关,基于此,笔者提出＂体-衰相关论＂。同时,不同体质与易衰老的关系度存在差异性,根据流行病学和临床研究,笔者指出阴虚质是与衰老密切相关的体质,其衰老主要表现在卵巢、血管、皮肤及骨等方面,这对研究阴虚质延缓衰老具有重要意义。

英文摘要：

Aging of population is a global social problem of the 21 st century, and how to delay aging is a hot topic among the academic circles. The theory and practice of ‘preventive treatment of disease＇ in traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） are of great significance to slow the aging process, and the TCM constitution theory of is a carrier of anti-aging. The constitution theory is based on four essentials, namely, lifelong constitution, genetic characters, composition of body and spirit, and environmental constraint, which are closely related to aging, based on which we have proposed the concept of constitution-aging. Simultaneously, there exists differential in different constitution and aging. According to epidemiology and clinical research, the authos advocates the yin-deficiency constitution is closely related to aging characterized by problems of ovary, blood vessels, skin and bones, which is of great significance to make deep study of yin-deficiency constitution against aging.