随着人类疾病谱的变化和人类寿命的延长,老年期痴呆的患病率呈现逐年递增的趋势,已经成为常见病、多发病、难治性疾病。本文对老年期痴呆的病证名称、病因病机、证治规律及中药研究现状作一综述。

With the change of disease varieties and the increase of life expectancy of human beings, the morbidity rates of senile dementia are increasing year by year, which has become a sort of commonly - and frequently - encountered disease and difficult to cure. This paper reviews the nomenclature of the symptoms and signs, the etiology and pathogenesis and the therapeutic rule of senile dementia as well as the present situation of its study through traditional Chinese medicine.