Kidney essence

the most basic substance constituting the human body

is the fundamental to maintain human life. Bone marrow stromal cells（BMSCs）

a kind of pluripotent stem cells in bone marrow

have strong proliferative ability and multidirectional differentiation potential. The authors think that there are many similarities between kidney essence and BMSCs in origin and function. BMSCs and its function are the expression of kidney essence at the cellular level. Osteoporosis（OP） caused by kidney essence deficiency must affect BMSCs and its function

while herbs of tonifying kidney have the effect of intervening BMSCs. Taking "kidney essence osteoporosis bone marrow stromal cells"as the main line

the authors reveal the relationship of the three aspects and find meeting point of combination of Chinese medicine and modern medicine to provide new theoretical base for preventing and treating OP.