Wet age-related macular degeneration is a third-leading blinding eye disease that occurs mostly in people over 50 years of age, with loss of central vision as the primary symptom, and involves the macular area of the retina. By collating and analyzing literatures related to the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration with traditional Chinese medicine in recent years, it was found that the main source of the etiology, pathogenesis, syndrome differentiation and treatment of the disease is the author's subjective clinical experience, there is no standardized and unified understanding, which makes the research results different and the treatment effect is not ideal. The article will analyze and summarize the etiology, pathogenesis, syndrome differentiation and traditional Chinese medicine treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration, which can provide drug guidance for clinical treatment and improve the therapeutic effect.

Zhihua Han, Xuemei Wu, Lu Ji, Yini Wu, Sheng An. Research Advances of the Method of Replenishing Deficiency and Removing Dirty Stasis in the Treatment of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 10: 23-27. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2023.051004.

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