Experience in Treating Chronic Nephritis Before 1995 on July 26, 1995

Experience in Treating Chronic Nephritis Before 1995 on July 26, 1995

Over many years, I have used cattle, cinnamon, and Aconite, realizing that these are the core of treating this condition, with rhubarb being another core ingredient. When combined with cinnamon and Aconite, they complement each other perfectly. This formula can also include heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs such as honeysuckle, forsythia, dandelion, Patrinia scabiosaefolia, and indigofera; it can also include softening agents like seaweed, kelp, sparganium, curcuma, Fritillaria, Xuan Can, and oysters; it can also include diuretics like white bamboo root, Wuling Powder, and Five-Skin Drink; it can also include blood-stopping agents like cicada slough, Xiangfu stem, motherwort, white thistle, peach kernel, and safflower; additionally, it can include hemostatic agents like Agrimonia pilosa, great thistle, small thistle, and donkey-hide gelatin. I believe the root cause of chronic nephritis lies in kidney yang deficiency, so warming yang and promoting diuresis are the fundamental treatments. However, many factors influence this disease, such as colds, infections, allergic reactions (wind), bleeding, and hypertension, which almost constantly participate throughout the course of the illness. Therefore, treating this disease is very difficult! If we focus on one factor while neglecting others, even experienced clinicians may make mistakes during diagnosis and treatment.