Professor LI Yingcun's experience in treating senile dementia with Dunhuang Shenmiao Buxin Wan
Senile dementia is a common progressive neurodegenerative disease in the elderly population,which seriously affects the normal life of patients.The effect of Western medicine is not good,but the treatment of senile dementia by TCM has proved to have significant advantages.Professor LI Yingcun is the leader of Dunhuang Medical discipline in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan key discipline of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine,and a famous TCM in Gansu province.There are about one thousand traditional Chinese prescriptions in Dunhuang suicide letters,which are rich in content,excellent in composition and rigorous in compatibility.Professor LI analyzed the contents of Dunhuang buddhist medicine prescriptions,discussed the research value of buddhist medicine prescriptions,and considered them to be an important part of Dunhuang medical prescriptions.Shenmiao Buxin Wan(神妙补心丸)collected by the British National Library is an important prescription in the Dunhuang buddhist medical prescriptions.This prescription is relatively complete and well-organized.It is actually from the eminent monks who are well aware of medical theory,and has high literature and clinical practical value.Among them,Pishamen was one of the most popular buddhist beliefs in Dunhuang during the Tang and Song dynasties,and he was an important divine general who guarded and blessed Dunhuang.Shenmiao Buxin Wan has the effect of invigorating Qi(气)and nourishing Yin(阴),tonifying heart and calming the spirit.Professor LI has widely used this prescription in clinic to treat senile dementia,insomnia,palpitation and other diseases,and the effect is remarkable.Professor LI believes that the main pathogenesis of senile dementia is heart-kidney deficiency,phlegm stasis block.And the use of Dunhuang medicine Shenmiao Buxin Wan treatment of this disease,to tonifying kidney and heart,phlegm removal and stasis mainly,clinical use of flexible addition or reduction,remarkable effect.
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