机体衰老是一个复杂的生物学过程。现代医学普遍认为,自由基积累的毒害作用是衰老的根本原因。而传统医学认为,肾虚是致衰的根本原因。因为“肾为先天之本,生命之源”,主骨生髓,髓生血,脑为髓海,肾衰则骨髓空虚,形体皆极。所以,历代医家均把补肾作为抗衰延年的首要治法。本文就近年来有关补肾抗衰中药的文献整理、药理研究及开发情况作一综述,以供参考。1 文献整理 大量资料证明,补肾类中药占抗衰中药的突出地位。戴氏等对汉代至清代的32部有代表性的古医 Aging is a complex biological process. Modern medicine generally believes that the toxic effects of free radical accumulation are the root causes of aging. Traditional medicine believes that kidney deficiency is the root cause of failure. Because “the kidney is the congenital foundation, the source of life”, the main bone produces marrow, the marrow produces blood, the brain is the marrow sea, and the kidney failure is the bone marrow empty, and the body is extremely polar. Therefore, physicians in all ages took kidney as the primary treatment for the decline of the year. This article reviews the literature review, pharmacological research and development of kidney-reducing Chinese medicine in recent years for reference. A large number of documents have been documented that kidney-tonifying Chinese herbal medicines account for the prominence of anti-fading Chinese medicines. Dai’s and others’ representative 32 ancient doctors from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty