Discussion on the TCM prevention and control of vascular dementia and mild cognitive impairment in view of the translational medicine

Chronic disease has become the main threat to health.The community is the key zones for chronic disease prevention and control.The use of Chinese medicine meets the needs of chronic diseases prevention and control.It is possible to satisfy different requirement selecting appropriate TCM techniques according to characteristics of different group.Dementia has becoming a major chronic disease threatening the human health severely as its long course,gradually worsening and lack of exactly effective intervention method.Therefore,the focus of our work should be moved forward to early detection,diagnosis and intervention,which is an efficient measure of delaying process,promoting quality of life and declining death rate.It is need to promote the people's awareness of cognitive impairment by health education.We should establish a community TCM system of layer-based prevention and treatment of VCI based on the spreading application of self-detection system and professional screening system.We should promote the TCM application in community through the application of TCM comprehensive intervention on VCI.