| With the progress of aging population, osteoporosis (OP)cannot be underestimated, and it has ranked the third among chronic diseases.Osteoporosis usually has no obvious clinical manifestations in the preliminary stage, and is often diagnosed only after complications such as osteoporotic fractures, therefore it is labelled"silent disease".It not only reduces the quality of life of patients, but also increases the economic expenditure pressure on families and society. To ensure the health of human bones is an important link to ensure health, osteoporosis prevention and treatment should also adhere to a lifetime of continuous;In particular, China's huge not yet sick but bone density has not yet reached the standard of the population, the so-called prevention of small, kill in the cradle, disease prevention in the first is more urgent.At present, the commonly used western medicine treatment plan has some drug risk. In comparison, traditional Chinese medicine has many advantages in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, such as relatively safe treatment methods, outstanding clinical efficacy, less side effects and so on.For the past few years, single herb, traditional Chinese herbal compound, acupuncture and moxibustion and other therapeutic methods have gradually become the focus of medical research according to the concept of "Superior Treat Befor Sick" in Chinese medicine.The purpose of this review is to furnish reference for the prophylaxis and treatment of osteoporosis by traditional Chinese medicine in the future, so this essay summarized and analyzed the literature related to the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis by traditional Chinese medicine in recent years, and briefly summarized the latest research achievements of traditional Chinese and western medicine. |