Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment compared with the Western
Medicine treatment it has a big difference. The TCM in treating kidney disease
will focus on six points:
1. Protect the Nephrons.
The root cause of kidney disease is the nephrons insufficiency, water-turbid
and toxic retention. So protecting the nephrons is the key point in treating
kidney disease.
2. Control the Blood Pressure.
Most patients with kidney disease may have high blood pressure, and their
high blood pressure may aggravate their kidney function. So positively
controlling blood pressure is the key point to prevent kidney function
deterioration.
3. Control the Diet.
For kidney disease, control the diet is the basic treatment. The kidney
disease patients should have a diet of low protein with high quality, low salt
and low lipid; Sure to have enough calories (the daily calories intake is about
30-40 kcal/kg); limit the water intake (the water intake is commonly the last
day’s output add 500ml)
4. Traditional Chinese Medicine Enema.
Through intestinal tract to purge viscera to eliminate turbid and coordinate
with oral taken Chinese herbal medicine can effectively delay the deterioration
of the renal failure. For patients with high Serum Creatinine or Blood Urea
Nitrogen, The TCM can treat it based on an overall analysis of the patients’
disease condition. This treatment is especially suitable for patients with
vomiting and nausea, unwilling to take medicine by oral and constipation. The
common medicine components are: Raw rhubarb, Calcined oyster shell, Dandelion,
Herb of Snow-in-June, Raw liquorice and so on. Usually after training during
hospitalization the patients can have it at home.
5. Chinese Herbal Medicated Bath.
It is commonly known as Skin Dialysis. This treatment has a good effect to
remove toxin, detumescence and relieve itching. This treatment is mainly
suitable for patients with serious edema, no response for general treatment,
intractable Hypertension and no effect for conventional depressurization,
patients of End-Stage Kidney Failure with serious skin itch. The herb medicines
we often used are: raw ephedra, duckweed, cassia twig, cortex dictamni, radix
sophorae flavescentis, herba periliae, rhizoma coptidis, and so on.
6. Acupoint Dressing Therapy.
Acupoint Dressing Therapy is applying drug on an Acupoint and treating the
internal disease externally. The Chinese herbal medicine is grind to powder and
mixed with penetrating agent dressing on the specific Acupoint, stimulate the
Acupoint through meridian to adjust the human body's function, improve the
symptoms of kidney disease and delay the deterioration of the renal function.
The herb medicines commonly used includes: Peach seed, Safflower, Rhizoma
atractylodis, Monkshood slice, Coptidis rhizoma and so on. The herbs formula is different from person to person. If you have interest in the personal herbal formula, you are suggested to send your basic info and medical conditions to kidneyask@hotmail.com
