Research progress of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of senile osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis is a common disease in the elderly. In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, the prevention and treatment of this disease is mainly from the following aspects; (1) The kidney governing the bone theory. The kidney is the congenital origin, and the kidney stores the essence, governing the bone marrow, and is closely related to reproductive, endocrine, and gonadal system. The physiology of the kidney strongly correlates with the development and the destroy of the bone. The sign of bone atrophy appears on the bone, but orgins from the kidney. (2) The relevant theory of the kidney and the spleen. The spleen is an acquired origin, and the spleen governs the transport of the essence of water and grain. The spleen-Qi transports the essence to the whole body, losses in the lung, then next arrives in the kidney. So, the spleen and the kidney can promote each other and depend on each other. It is often said that the disease is together with the spleen and the kidney. The spleen and the kidney deficiency is the main pathological change of osteoporosis. (3) Blood stasis theory. Patients with osteoporosis have organ dysfunction and meridian-Qi disorder, affecting the circulation of Qi and blood, leading to Qi and blood running sluggish, pain, and dysfunction. Blood stasis can lead to disturbance of Qi and blood circulation, so nutrients can not nourish the organ and bone, causing empty of the spleen and the kidney, which all aggravate osteoporosis. (4 while the kidney stores the essence and governs lli) The liver stagnation theory. The liver stores the blood and governs the muscle, e bone. The liver and the kidney are under the same coke, and the essence and the blood can transform mutually. The stagnation of liver-Qi leads to the stagnation of lire, which can easily bum the Yin of the liver, leading to the liver Yin deficiency. With the liver Yin and blood deficiency, no essence can nourish the bone, ultimately leading to bone atrophy. Therefore, the clinical medication should be flexible and changeable. However, it should follow the trealment of nourishing kidney and strengthening bone, invigorating spleen and benefiting Qi, activating blood to promote blood circulation, and dispering stagnated liver Qi for relieving Qi stagnation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]