The traditional Chinese medicine treatment method for nephrotic proteinuria is good, and many patients have a good treatment through this method. However, some patients are not very familiar with this treatment method. So let's pay attention to some methods of traditional Chinese medicine treatment for proteinuria. I believe it will be helpful for patients, and I hope they can recover as soon as possible!
Proteinuria can be caused by kidney qi deficiency and failure, as well as dysfunction of other organs or internal disturbances of pathogenic factors. Among them, the main pathogenesis is the loss of kidney qi, the loss of protein essence, and leakage into the urine and excreted from the body. In clinical practice, it is often manifested as a mixture of cold, heat, deficiency, and excess, with a lengthy course and difficult to recover. The treatment of chronic nephritis proteinuria should not only pay attention to the main contradiction of kidney deficiency and solidity, but also pay attention to identifying various reasons that cause kidney qi solidity, and then treat these factors accordingly. The following are six commonly used treatment methods:
Heat clearing and detoxification method
This method is applicable to the syndrome of chronic nephritis with heat or dampness toxin stagnation and internal attack on the kidney. Symptoms include breast moth swelling and pain, or sores and redness, or skin eczema, fever and bitter taste, redness of the tongue, yellow or white fur, slippery pulse count, increased protein in urine test, or prolonged treatment. You can choose to add or subtract Wuwei Disinfection Drink. Commonly used medicines such as Viola glutinosa, Dandelion, Scrophulariae, Folium Isatidis, Purple Grass, Seven Leaf and One Branch Flower, Sophora flavescens, Poria cocos, White Fresh Skin, Fructus Kochia, Xu Changqing, White Flower Snake Tongue Grass, Half branch Lotus, etc.
Promoting diuresis and removing dampness
This method is applicable to the syndrome of chronic nephritis with damp heat or excessive dampness and turbidity inside, and forced ejaculation outside. Symptoms include swelling on the head, face, eyelids, or whole body, fullness in the chest and abdomen, short and red urine, yellow or white greasy tongue coating, slippery or dull pulse count, high protein content or prolonged urine test, and optional options include Weiling Tang, Fangji Huangqi Tang, or Qingli Fang. Commonly used medicines such as self-defense, corn whiskers, white thatch root, coix seed, atractylodes macrocephala, stone reed, hedyotis diffusa, goldenrod, gourd tea, shepherd's purse, small thistle, polyporus umbellatus, alisma orientalis, etc.
Promoting Blood Circulation and Removing Stasis Method
This method is applicable to the syndrome of chronic nephritis with blood stasis and internal obstruction, and kidney qi deficiency. Symptoms include dark complexion, ecchymosis (spots) on the skin, low back pain like thorns, immobility, hematuria, purple or dark tongue, or ecchymosis. Urinary protein cannot be cured for a long time. Therefore, it is recommended to choose Yishen Tang with reduced dosage. Commonly used medicines include motherwort, salvia bark, salvia miltiorrhiza, safflower, red peony, peach kernel, raw hawthorn, etc.
After the above introduction, I should have a basic understanding of the methods for treating proteinuria in traditional Chinese medicine. If there are still any unclear areas, you can consult online experts and I believe there will be a satisfactory answer! When using the above therapy to treat proteinuria, it should be under the supervision of the relevant physician and should not be attempted alone, otherwise the consequences are difficult to imagine.