How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat uremia?

Uremia mainly occurs after the human body loses kidney function. Clinically, uremia is a syndrome, not an independent disease. The treatment method mainly depends on the individual situation. Traditional Chinese medicine is a traditional treatment method. For uremia, traditional Chinese medicine mainly plays a controlling role.

1. Self-made Yishen Jiedu Decoction with additions and subtractions: 15g each of Aconite and Atractylodes macrocephala, 15g each of Pseudostellaria baicalensis, Astragalus membranaceus, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Leonurus japonicus, Rhizoma Cyathulae, Herba Clerodendrum Sinensis, Viola yedoensis, and Imperata cylindrica, 12g of Eucommia ulmoides, and 6-15g of raw rhubarb (added last). To improve renal function, add 6g of Cordyceps sinensis. For those with palpitations and shortness of breath, add 10g of Jilin ginseng. For those with obvious symptoms of blood stasis, add 10g of safflower and 15g of Millettia reticulata.

2. Huanglian Wendan Decoction with modifications: Coptis chinensis 12g, Pinellia 15g, Tangerine peel and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae 6g each, Citrus aurantium 10g, Rhubarb 6-15g (added later), Aconitum 30g (decocted first), Ginseng 10g. Take one dose daily, divided into three doses, and one course of treatment is 2 months.

3. Enema recipe: 15g each of cinnamon twig and rhubarb, 30g each of dandelion and oyster, decoct in 300ml of water and filter. When the liquid cools to about 37℃ to 40℃, insert a rectal tube 30cm and inject 100ml each time, once a day. In severe cases, the medicine can be taken 2 to 3 times a day, with a course of 10 days. It is suitable for patients with hemoglobin ≥ 20mmd/l, severe nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, general edema, and oliguria.

4. Oral Chinese medicine

The course of uremia is long and the pathogenesis is complicated, and it is divided into different stages. During treatment, it is necessary to make a diagnosis and treatment based on the characteristics of the disease. Generally, you can choose raw astragalus, aconite, cordyceps, epimedium, Morinda officinalis, ginger pinellia, salvia miltiorrhiza, plantago seed, perilla stem, coptis chinensis, rhubarb, peach red, angelica, safflower and other drugs that warm the kidney, purge turbidity, remove blood stasis and clear the bowels. These drugs can strengthen the body, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, eliminate evil without hurting the body's vitality, have the effects of bringing forth something new out of the old, improving renal blood flow, reducing urea nitrogen and blood creatinine, and correcting acidosis, which can significantly improve clinical symptoms.