Advances in Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease among Community-Dwelling Elderly from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Peihua Zhuang, Dongxing Wang, Shuyu Zhao, Ting Yuan

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¹ Zhangjiang Community Health Service Center, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201210, China,

² Xinjing Town Community Health Service Center, Changning District, Shanghai 200335, China,

JCNR 2025 , 9(5), 371–377; https://doi.org/10.26689/jcnr.v9i5.10765

© 2025 by the Authors. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )

Abstract

This article examines the progress in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease among elderly individuals in communities from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Through a systematic review of recent related studies, it analyzes new insights into the etiology and pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease within TCM and summarizes novel methods and achievements in the prevention and treatment of the disease using TCM. Based on the TCM principles of “preventive treatment” and holistic health, innovative intervention models with Chinese characteristics, such as the “brain-heart-kidney axis” and “brain-gut connection,” have shown new breakthroughs in improving cognitive function and slowing disease progression. The article also explores the benefits of shifting preventive and therapeutic measures to earlier stages, contributing to the establishment of an integrated community prevention model of “prevention-intervention-rehabilitation.”

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