健忘症是指遇事易忘记而思维意识仍属于正常的状态,其发生有诸多原因,但最主要的是年龄增大的缘故。而如今健忘症的发病率有低龄化的趋势,持续的压力和紧张会使脑细胞产生疲劳。另外,抽烟饮酒、缺乏维生素等,也会引起暂时性记忆力恶化。中医研究认为,肾气亏虚是健忘症的基本病机。大量的实验和临床研究表明,老年肾虚者大多为脑功能下降,大脑神经细胞减少,体内自由基的含量及过氧化物随着年龄增加 Amnesia refers to the event of forgetting and thinking is still a normal state of mind, its occurrence for many reasons, but the most important reason is the increasing age. And now the incidence of amnesia has the tendency of younger age, sustained stress and tension will make brain cells fatigue. In addition, smoking and drinking, lack of vitamins, can also cause temporary deterioration of memory. Chinese studies believe that kidney deficiency is the basic pathogenesis of amnesia. A large number of experimental and clinical studies have shown that most of elderly kidney deficiency decreased brain function, decreased brain cells, free radicals and peroxide content with age increased