Present Situation of Research on Treatment of Senile Dementia by Traditional Chinese Medicine
中医药治疗老年期痴呆的研究现状

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.