What are the traditional Chinese medicines for treating chronic glomerulonephritis?

The occurrence of chronic glomerulonephritis is related to many factors in life. The disease is relatively hidden and patients suffer from the disease for a long time. Generally, patients need a longer period of Chinese medicine treatment to get better results. There are many traditional Chinese medicines that can be used clinically to treat chronic glomerulonephritis. Different types of medicines have different uses, and the specific use of medicines depends on the patient's condition.

Similar descriptions of this disease can be found in the chapters on edema, asthenia, and drinking syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine. It can be divided into the following 5 types for syndrome differentiation and treatment.

1. Lung and kidney qi deficiency syndrome: shortness of breath, aversion to wind and cold, eyelid swelling caused by wind and cold, followed by swelling of limbs and the whole body, soreness and heaviness of limbs, cough and asthma without sweating, difficulty urinating, pale tongue with white fur, floating and weak pulse

Treatment: Dispel wind, dissipate cold and promote diuresis

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2. Wind-heat and dampness type symptoms include red, swollen and painful throat, short and red urine, and aggravated edema of the head, face, limbs and even the whole body due to exogenous wind-heat and dampness. The tongue is red, the tongue coating is yellow or greasy, and the pulse is weak and rapid. Treatment: Clear away heat, promote dampness and reduce swelling. You can take: Lingqiao Jiedu Pills, Isatis Root Granules, Xiaowenzhong Pills, Nephritis Siwei Tablets, etc.

3. Symptoms of spleen deficiency and water retention include dull complexion, fatigue, mild edema, but it lasts for a long time, and there may also be poor appetite, nausea, loose stools, a fat tongue with teeth marks, a white and slippery tongue coating, and a deep and fine pulse.

Treatment: Strengthen the spleen, transform qi and promote water circulation.

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4. Symptoms of spleen and kidney yang deficiency include fear of cold and cold limbs, pale complexion, soreness of waist and knees, sexual dysfunction, obvious edema, especially in the lower body, fatigue, poor appetite, loose stools, pale and fat tongue with teeth marks, and slow and weak pulse.

Treatment: Warming Yang, transforming Qi and promoting diuresis.

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5. Symptoms of liver-kidney yin deficiency include dizziness, dry mouth, tinnitus, fever in the five parts of the body, insomnia, pain in the waist and spine, red tongue with little coating, and a stringy and fine pulse.

Treatment: Nourish yin, nourish the kidney and calm the liver.

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In addition, if the symptoms include dark or dull complexion, fixed low back pain, rough or numb skin and nails, dark purple tongue or with petechiae, and thin and wiry pulse, and the condition is due to blood stasis, you can choose Siwu Pills, Yimu Pills and other blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicines.