The Experience of Tong Shao-bo's Applying the Theory of "Less Fire Generating Vital QI" to Treating Nephrotic Edema
Objective:Edema is one of the most common symptoms of kidney disease,with the feature of persistence or recurrence.Nephrotic edema has become a common clinical problem plagued patients and nephrologists nephropathy.Edema is manifestation of the dysfunction of gasification,often involved in lungs,spleen and kidney,among which kidney is the key.Gas can remove water,and the gas comes from the junior fire in kidney.Doctor Tong learned the theory of "less fire generating vital Qi",and believed that nourishing and warming kidney-yang is fundamental to restore normal body water liquid gasification.So he often added drugs with the function of nourishing and warming kidney-yang in Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment therapy to help liquid gasification.
renal edemaless fire to generate vital QiTong Shao-bo