基于“阴常不足”理论对绝经后骨质疏松症的探讨

绝经后骨质疏松症作为更年期妇女常见全身性骨代谢疾病,严重威胁着女性的身心健康。祖国医学认为,女子以肝为先天,肝肾同源,更年期妇女肝气郁结,日久郁而化热,耗伤阴血,终致骨髓失养,痿废不起,因此“阴常不足”是绝经后骨质疏松症形成的主要病机。从“阴常不足”的理论出发,探讨绝经后骨质疏松症的相关病因病机,为其临床治疗提供新思路和新方法。

Evaluation of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Based on the Theory "Yin is Always Insufficient"

Postmenopausal osteoporosis is one of the commonest systemic bone metabolism diseases among menopausal women, In the concept of traditional Chinese medicine, “liver is the congenital dependence of women”, “liver and kidney have the same origin”, Menopausal women always have liver Qi stagnation, in course of time become excessive heat caused by the stagnation of Qi, at last impairment of yin, which could cause bone atrophy at last. The main pathology of postmenopausal osteoporosis is “Yin is always in sufficient”, the theory has been tested by many lab studies and also identified by many clinical practices.