后循环缺血性眩晕中医药研究进展

西医认为后循环缺血是一种既非正常又非完全缺血的“相对缺血状态”,然而无论是临床表现或现有的影像学检查都无法可靠的界定此状态,这给后循环缺血的治疗带来了一定的困难。中医认为后循环缺血所致眩晕属于“眩晕”范畴,其病机不外乎“风火痰瘀虚”,其运用中医传统理论辨证论治的方法治疗可取得确切疗效。

Progress of Posterior Circulation Ischemia Vertigo in TCM

According to western medicine, posterior circulation ischemia is neither normal ischemia nor complete ischemia which should be called the comparative ischemia status. But neither the clinical manifestation nor existing imageological diagnosis can clearcut that status, which has brought certain difficulties for the treatment of posterior circulation ischemia. On the other hand, posterior circulation ischemia vertigo （PCIV） belongs to the ＂giddiness＂ category of Traditional Chinese medicine whose pathogenesis is nothing more than ＂wind,fire, sputum, stasis,weakness＂. Based on syndrome differentiation, TCM treatment for posterior circulation ischemia vertigo is effective. It has got a significant effect. So the following part is a summary of TCM etiology and pathogenesis and treatment of posterior circulation ischemia vertigo.