Onyang Spleen Decoction Treatment Of Nephrotic Syndrome, Spleen And Kidney Yang-clinical Studies

Nephropathic edema(NE) is a disease of multi-reason resulting in kidney pathologic changes, fluid circulation disorder and internal retention, overflowing of muscle and skin, then swollen eyelids, head and face, four limbs, the front and rear, even all over the body, accompanied by pleural fluid, abdominal dropsy and so on if the case is severe, and with a great quantity of proteinuria, hypoproteinemia and hyperlipidemia tested in ecsomatics. NE is equal to the primary and secondary nephritic syndrome, and the diabetic nephropathy is one of the commonest complications in secondary nephritic syndrome. NS manifests edema, mental fatigue, aching pain of limbs, wasting, anorexia, changing of fingernail, etc.This article focuses on taking the lung, spleen and kidney as an important role at the onset of the disease with warming the kidney and strengthening the spleen, disseminating the lung and inducing diuresis, and viewing the deficiency of spleen-yang and kidney-yang as the main pattern in treating 30 cases of nephropathic edema with Wenyang Jianpi decoction, simultaneously, exploring distinguished Chinese doctors' theories of successive dynasties and research overviews about TCM and western medicine on nephritic syndrome. To emphasize the major functional mechanism of deficiency of spleen-yang and kidney-yang in nephritic syndrome. More research on herbs as the major role demonstrated more feasible and valuable in treating nephritic syndrome.