Research progress of traditional Chinese medicineconstitutional types and related factors in the elderly / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

This paper summarized the research progress of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) constitutional types and related factors in the elderly. It sumed up the distribution characteristics of the elderly constitutional types and the correlation between constitution and the disease. This paper helped to improve the health of the elderly, to prevent and control of chronic disease sooner, and to show the TCM advantages of "abidance by triple pathogens".