Traditional drugs for treating renal failure

Nephropathy is a chronic disease, which is generally difficult to cure. Therefore, the main therapeutic purpose of nephropathy is to block and delay renal injury, delay the progression of nephropathy and stabilize renal function. So how does Chinese medicine delay kidney injury? Which traditional Chinese medicines can delay the progress of kidney diseases?

root of red-rooted salvia

Salvia miltiorrhiza tastes bitter and slightly cold; Heart, pericardium and liver meridian. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, removing blood stasis, relieving pain, cooling blood, eliminating carbuncle, and calming the nerves. Salvia miltiorrhiza has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is widely used in the treatment of nephropathy in clinic. The effects of salvia miltiorrhiza on nephropathy mainly include: improving microcirculation disturbance, anticoagulation, inhibiting or weakening allergic inflammatory damage of kidney, improving metabolism, regulating immune function, diuresis and eliminating proteinuria. Clinical research shows that the effective components in Salvia Miltiorrhiza are helpful to improve renal tubular function, promote free radical scavenging of ischemic kidney and improve microcirculation.

Rhubarb in China

As a medicine, rhubarb comes from the dried roots and rhizomes of rhubarb and medicinal rhubarb. Rhubarb tastes bitter and cold. Spleen, stomach, large intestine, liver and pericardium. Traditionally, rhubarb has catharsis effect, regulating nitrogen metabolism, reducing raw materials for urea nitrogen synthesis, inhibiting urea production, and increasing creatinine and urea nitrogen excretion. However, modern research has found that rhubarb has a deeper therapeutic effect on nephropathy. Rhein, emodin and rhein, the effective components of rhubarb, are helpful to inhibit cell proliferation, reduce endothelial cell damage, alleviate glomerulosclerosis, protect renal function and delay the progress of nephropathy.

turmeric

Curcuma zedoary is pungent, bitter and warm; Entering the liver and spleen meridian, its main functions are promoting qi circulation, breaking blood, promoting digestion and relieving pain. Modern research shows that zedoary can increase the blood perfusion flow of glomerulus, improve microcirculation, inhibit inflammatory reaction and delay renal interstitial fibrosis, thus improving renal perfusion, alleviating renal interstitial injury, delaying interstitial fibrosis and improving renal function.

Ms Fang was 62 years old when she came to the clinic. She was diagnosed with chronic renal failure in her sixties. I chose Chinese medicine because I was worried about the side effects of hormones.

When she came to see a doctor, her serum creatinine rose to 255umol/L, and she had symptoms such as urine dripping, dry mouth and constipation.

When Director Mo visited Ms. Fang, Ms. Fang's face was dark, her tongue was thin and yellow, and her pulse was slow. Combined with the patient's physical symptoms, through the dialectical analysis of traditional Chinese medicine, Director Mo thinks that Ms. Fang is deficient in kidney qi and has damp heat.

At this time, Chinese medicine treatment should start with tonifying kidney and clearing away damp-heat. Director Mo selected, Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, cooked rhubarb, rhubarb, Radix Cyathulae, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Pyrola, Herba Leonuri, Rhizoma Curcumae, Herba Patriniae and Semen Vaccariae for 2 months.

At the second visit, Ms. Fang's physical symptoms improved and her urine was basically normal. After reexamination, the serum creatinine decreased to1.36 umol/L. Director Mo adjusted the prescription according to her condition change and tongue pulse performance, added traditional Chinese medicines such as Radix Astragali and Trichosanthis Radix, and removed Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Herba Patriniae for 2 months.

At the third visit, Ms. Fang said that there was no discomfort and the patient's face improved. The creatinine value of renal function was 94 umol/L. After that, the woman insisted on regular review and irregular Chinese medicine conditioning, and her condition gradually stabilized. At present, Ms. China's condition is stable and has not recurred.