title: Clinical efficacy of 'Spleen-kidney-care' Yiqi Huayu and Jiangzhuo traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of patients with diabetic nephropathy.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), 'Spleen-kidney-care' Yiqi Huayu and Jiangzhuo decoction (SKC-YJ), as an adjuvant therapy in diabetic nephropathy (DN) treatment. In total, 72 patients with DN were randomly divided into control (n=54) and experimental (n=18) groups, with the latter administered SKC-YJ treatment. Indicators for determining the condition of the patients included the levels of proteinuria, blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, blood lipids, blood viscosity and C-reactive protein, which were used to analyze the treatment protocols for DN. Following SKC-YJ treatment, the urinary albumin excretion rate, fasting blood glucose, 2 h-postprandial blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, triglyceride, total cholesterol, blood viscosity, fibrinogen and C-reactive protein levels were detected in the two groups, and were all demonstrated to decrease significantly following treatment with SKC-YJ. Furthermore, the results revealed that SKC-YJ treatment exhibited no significant side-effects on the blood, liver and renal functions or gastrointestinal reactions. By contrast, SKC-YJ improved the symptoms of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea in the patients with DN, while showing no allergic reaction during the observation period. Therefore, SKC-YJ treatment was shown to significantly improve the clinical efficacy of DN treatment, illustrating novel roles for TCM in DN treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing 400021, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing 400021, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Cooperation Department of Chinese and Western Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Rong-Heng
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: Yiqi Huayu Jiangzhuo decoction; blood viscosity; diabetic nephropathy; traditional Chinese medicine syndromes; traditional Chinese medicine treatment for diabetic