Treating Kidney Diseases with TCM Syndrome Differentiation

The kidneys play a very important role in our internal organs, because many behaviors in life are related to the kidneys. There are two kidneys in the human body, and these two kidneys can maintain our normal life. Many people have very bad living habits. Habits such as staying up late and drinking beer are very harmful to the kidneys. When suffering from kidney disease, many people choose to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat it.

Why do people prefer TCM to treat kidney disease? Because TCM focuses on conditioning, the treatment will not harm the body and it also has suitable effects on other organs. However, if Western medicine is used to treat kidney disease, people will become extremely weak.

Kidney disease refers to various diseases of the kidney. The internal organs of the human body and the internal and external environments maintain a dynamic balance. If a variety of internal and external pathogenic factors destroy the balance of the human body, resulting in dysfunction of the internal organs' qi and blood, and the disease affects the kidneys, it will cause kidney disease. Experts point out that traditional Chinese medicine's dialectical treatment and overall regulation have a more solid therapeutic effect.

1. Syndrome differentiation and treatment and overall conditioning

The fundamental principle of TCM treatment is to derive a "syndrome" based on the patient's clinical manifestations and prescribe medicine based on the syndrome, the so-called syndrome differentiation and treatment. If the syndrome is the same, the basic treatment method is the same, which reflects its "commonality". At the same time, due to differences in each person's physical factors, mental state, age, gender, and even eating habits, the prescription of medicines will vary and have a certain degree of flexibility, reflecting the "individuality" of the specific patient's medication. Many kidney diseases can achieve good clinical efficacy by using TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment. Most kidney diseases have a long course, complicated conditions, are prone to relapse or even worsening. Patients are prone to mood swings, depression, pessimism and irritability. TCM pays great attention to the psychological counseling of patients, helping them to understand and adapt to the disease, build up confidence and patience to overcome the disease, and obtain the cooperation of the patient's unit and family. At the same time, TCM guides patients to engage in activities, exercise, strengthen their physical fitness, and pay attention to prevention before illness and prevention of changes after illness.

2. Special prescriptions and medicines for different symptoms and diseases

The basic characteristic of TCM in treating kidney disease is to treat based on syndrome differentiation, while also taking into account disease differentiation. Syndrome and disease describe the abnormal state of the patient's body from different angles and using different medical languages. Syndrome reflects the main contradiction of the human body at a certain stage, is dynamic, and can summarize the pathological and physiological characteristics of the whole process and reflect the basic contradiction. The combination of the two can not only solve the basic contradiction, but also highlight the main contradiction and the main aspects of the contradiction. For a certain disease or a certain symptom, long-term medication observation can achieve relatively definite therapeutic effects and fixed prescriptions. Through modern pharmacology, efficacy, toxicology and other research, new preparations and new drugs are scientifically developed.

3. Combining Chinese and Western medicine to improve efficacy

Based on traditional Chinese medicine, it combines the latest developments in modern medicine, combines Chinese and Western medicine, and achieves good therapeutic effects. For example, IgA nephropathy has various clinical manifestations. For example, simple hematuria or a small amount of proteinuria (less than 1 gram/24 hours) is usually treated with medication based on syndrome differentiation. If it manifests as kidney disease, Chinese and Western medicine are combined, using hormones + tripterygium wilfordii + Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation prescriptions, or adding immunosuppressants. After systemic treatment, Chinese medicine is used to help withdraw hormones and consolidate the therapeutic effect for those who are effective, and Chinese medicine is used to focus on protecting kidney function for those who are ineffective. There are three main purposes and functions of combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine: 1. Obvious synergistic effect. ② Reduce the side effects of Western medicine. For example, Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and detoxifying or clearing away dampness and heat can reduce iatrogenic Cushing's side effects caused by hormones; Chinese medicine for soothing the stomach and strengthening the spleen can reduce the stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract by immunosuppressants; Chinese medicine for nourishing the kidney and replenishing essence can prevent excessive suppression of the bone marrow and the body's normal immunity by immunosuppressants. ③Consolidate the therapeutic effect and reduce recurrence.

The above is some knowledge about the treatment of kidney disease. I hope you will have a better understanding of this knowledge after reading it. Kidney disease is very common in life, but many people are unwilling to treat this disease, thinking that it will get better on its own. In fact, this is a wrong way of thinking.