Progressive muscular dystrophy is a group of hereditary muscular degeneration diseases. The main clinical manifestations are symmetrical muscle weakness and muscular atrophy, which can involve the muscles of limbs, head and face, and a few can involve the myocardium. At present, modern medicine cannot fundamentally cure progressive muscular dystrophy. The purpose of treatment is to control the disease, increase muscle strength, delay the development of the disease, improve the quality of life and prolong life. However, due to the progressive aggravation of the disease, tendon contracture, joint deformation and myocardial and respiratory muscle damage are often accompanied in the later stage, which seriously affects the curative effect and quality of life of patients.

Muscular dystrophy is most closely related to kidney and spleen in traditional Chinese medicine. Congenital deficiency, qi and blood deficiency, can not nourish bones and muscles, limb weakness, muscle atrophy. Due to acquired malnutrition and deficiency of qi and blood, internal injuries of five zang-organs and dysfunction of qi and blood of zang-fu organs are caused, which makes qi and blood deficiency more serious and muscle weakness and weakness continue to progress. Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is the innate foundation, storing essence, bone and marrow, and storing Yuan Yin and Yuanyang. Essence is the root of life; A person with vitality is also the foundation of the human body. Muscular dystrophy is a hereditary disease, which should be closely related to the kidney of traditional Chinese medicine. This is a congenital deficiency, the deficiency of essence and blood can not nourish bones and muscles, and muscle weakness and atrophy gradually appear in the process of acquired development.