A study on the treatment of renal edema in traditional Chinese medicine
Edema is one of the most common clinical manifestations of chronic kidney disease,commonly seen in acute and chronic glomerulonephritis,nephrotic syndrome,uremia and other diseases.Renal edema is characterized by concave edema,usually involving the whole body from the eyelid,and its pathogenesis is complex.Currently,its pathogenesis mainly includes insufficient filling and excessive filling.In terms of the treatment of renal edema,diuretics are administered directly or after volume expansion on the basis of assessing the patient's blood volume in Western medicine.The initial effect is obvious,but long-term use may lead to diuretic resistance,and then cause renal vasoconstriction and disease recurrence,aggravating renal function damage.There is no such name as renal edema in traditional Chinese medicine,but it is classified as the categories of water disease,water swelling,and foot back edema.Traditional Chinese medicine has shown obvious advantages in the treatment of renal edema,such as relieving symptoms and reducing the recurrence rate.In recent years,traditional Chinese medicine research on renal edema has made remarkable progress.Different doctors hold their own views and adopt different treatment methods to treat renal edema.In clinical practice,disease differentiation and syndrome differentiation are often combined,not limited to a certain prescription or a certain drug.In this paper,the treatment thoughts of renal edema in traditional Chinese medicine in recent years are reviewed,and five aspects are summarized and discussed in depth,including treating from wind,treating from poison,treating from Zang-fu organs(脏腑),treating from triple energizer,and treating from six meridians,aiming at providing new methods for traditional Chinese medicine treatment of renal edema.