title: Treatment of chronic renal failure by supplementing the kidney and invigorating blood flow.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effectiveness of treatment of chronic renal failure by supplementing the kidney and invigorating blood flow.
  
  
  METHODS
  The eligible patients were assigned to a treatment group (N = 120) treated with the above principle and a control group (N = 128) treated with western drugs, and the effectiveness was evaluated when the study was completed in one year.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate of 92.5% was achieved in the treatment group, better than that in the control group (49.2%); the difference was significant (P<0.01), especially in patients of stage I and II.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The treatment of chronic renal failure by supplementing the kidney and invigorating blood flow proved to be very effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Tianjin Hospital of Public Security, Tianjin 300051, China.
authors.forename: Mianzhi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Daning
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wenzhu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shusong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Minying
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal