The theory of kidney storing essence storage,an important part of the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),comes from the Chapter 9 Discussion on Six-Plus-Six System and the Manifestations of the Viscera in the Plain Questions,which says that"the kidney manages closure and is the root of storage and the house of Jing(Essence)".According to this theory,es-sence is the fundamental substance of human life activities and it is closely related to the growth and development of the human body.Alzheimer's disease(AD)is one of the common ne...