Integrative Medicine. Professor Zhang Wenkai Treatment Of Refractory Nephrotic Syndrome Experience

The refractory nephrosis syndrome (RNS) is refers to the primary nephrosis syndrome to have any characteristic of the following: 1st, no detectable effects after hormone normative treatment (hormone-invalid NS); 2nd, remission after the hormone treatment but repeated relapse -- 3 times one year or recurs surpasses 2 times in a half year(cyclic recurrence NS), this type approximately composes the primary nephrosis syndrome about 30-50%, and have bad prognosis. Generally dropsy is the main symptom of NS. Pathogenic factors of the disease in TCM contains external cause such as wind-cold, wind-heat,damp,dampness; and internal injury caused by fatigue,neurolysis, satyric. The pathogenesis is mainly relative to the metabolic disturbance of liquid among the lung,spleen,kidney and triple warmer. Professor Zhang gained in the rich clinical experience in the RNS treatment,and summarize the new treatments according to syndrome differentiation of Traditional Chinese medicine .Abundant of experience on the cooperation of Chinese and Western medicine was provided and received a good clinical effect.