Research Progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Osteoporosis

骨质疏松症是一种骨骼疾病，目前临床上治疗该病的西药可能产生药物副作用，长期使用可能存在某些弊端。近年来，一些经典的骨特异性的天然中药被广泛关注，它们似乎具有促进成骨细胞活性和抑制破骨细胞的作用，能够在细胞水平改善骨代谢，而且副作用较少，具有独特优势。因此，本文从中药治疗的角度出发，综述了目前治疗该病的常见天然中药及其作用机理，同时对其临床应用前景进行探索，以期为抗骨质疏松症治疗提供新策略。Osteoporosis is a bone disease. The current western medicine for the treatment of the disease may have side effects, and long-term use may have some disadvantages. In recent years, some classical bone-specific natural traditional Chinese medicines have been widely focused. They seem to have the effect of promoting osteoblast activity and inhibiting osteoclasts, and can improve bone metabolism at the cellular level with few side effects, which has unique advantages. Therefore, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, this article reviews the common natural Chinese herbs for the treatment of osteoporosis and their mechanism of action, and explores their clinical application prospects, in order to provide new strategies for the treatment of osteoporosis.