How does traditional Chinese medicine treat acute nephritis?

　　How does Chinese medicine treat acute nephritis? This is what many patients and friends want to know. There are many types of nephritis, and the affected population is very wide. It is more common in teenagers, more men than women. If not treated in time, it will cause a series of complications. Therefore, nephritis must be treated in time. Acute nephritis is a type of nephritis and is relatively easy to treat. Since Western medicine often has side effects, Chinese medicine has become the first choice for many people. So how does Chinese medicine treat acute nephritis?

　　How does traditional Chinese medicine treat acute nephritis?

　　According to its etiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations, traditional Chinese medicine mainly uses the following methods to treat acute nephritis:

　　(1) Dispel wind and promote water, and eliminate internal and external diseases. Indications: In the early stage of onset, aversion to cold, wind, fever, cough, headache, low urine output, and general edema especially above the waist. The coating is thin and white, and the pulse is tight or thin. The commonly used prescription is Yuejiao Decoction combined with Wupi Yin.

　　(2) Dispelling wind, clearing away heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. It is used for patients with symptoms of wind-heat: fever, no aversion to cold, often sore throat, oliguria and red urine, and gross hematuria. The pulse is slippery or thready, the tongue is red, and the tongue coating is thin and yellow. The commonly used prescription is Yinqiao Powder plus cicada slough, white silkworm, red peony root, paeoniae bark, etc.

　　(3) Heat-clearing and dampness-clearing or heat-clearing and detoxification method: It is suitable for skin infections or external syndromes that have been resolved, dampness stagnation has transformed into heat, and there may be fever, dry mouth and bitter mouth, preference for cold drinks, oliguria, red color, and persistent edema. The tongue coating is thin and yellow or greasy, and the pulse is slippery and rapid. Commonly used five-flavor disinfectant drinks are added or subtracted.

　　What are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine in treating acute nephritis edema?

　　If acute nephritis is dominated by edema, diuresis and reducing swelling should be the first priority. Otherwise, the water will overflow, affecting the lungs and heart, causing various changes and syndromes, and worsening the condition. Commonly used water control methods include the following:

　　(1) The method of clearing the lungs and diluting water: The method of clearing the lungs and diluting water can be used for those who have a short course of disease, have symptoms of the lung meridian, mainly have facial edema, or have fever. The decision can generally be made based on the prodromal residual symptoms.

　　If the wind and cold are exogenous, you can use Ma Gui Wupi Drink (6g, cinnamon twig 10g, tangerine peel 10g, Yunling peel 30g, mulberry bark 15g, big belly peel 15g, ginger peel 6g). If the wind-heat is exogenous, you can use Yueji Wupi Drink (6g, gypsum 30g, tangerine peel 10g, Yunling peel 30g, mulberry bark 15g, big belly peel 15g, ginger peel 6g).

　　(2) Method of strengthening the spleen and diluting water: If the course of the disease is prolonged, edema extends from the face to the limbs, or even the whole body, poor appetite, abdominal distension, chest tightness, heavy body, nausea and vomiting, pale red tongue and deep pulse, you can use Fangji Huangqi Decoction. Fangji Poria Decoction is flavored (raw astragalus 15g, fangji 30g, Atractylodes 10g, cinnamon 6g, Poria 30g, Zhigancao 6g, Achyranthes bidentata 10g, Plantago 30g, ginger 6g, jujube 6g).

　　(3) Method of clearing away heat and diluting water: If the heat sign is obvious in acute nephritis, and heat and water are combined, there may be rosacea, bitter mouth and sticky mouth, red and astringent urine, uncomfortable stools, or skin sores, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, and stringy and slippery pulse, five kinds of disinfectants can be used Add and subtract the Wupi drink (30g of silver flowers, 15g of dandelion, 15g of purpurea root, 15g of wild chrysanthemum, 10g of geranium seeds, 15g of mulberry bark, 15g of big belly bark, 10g of tangerine peel, 6g of ginger peel, 30g of yunling peel).

　　What are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine in treating hematuria in acute nephritis?

　　People with acute nephritis whose main manifestation is hematuria should pay attention to hemostasis. There are two specific methods:

　　①Clear away heat, cool blood and stop bleeding: the pathogenesis is heat injury to the blood collaterals, commonly used Xiaoji drink is added and subtracted (30g of thistle, 10g of raw rehmannia, 10g of bamboo leaves, 10g of talc, 3g of raw licorice, 20g of lotus root, 30g of Imperata root, 15g of motherwort, 15g of Shiwei, 6g of paeonol, 15g of verbena, 15g of raw orientalis leaves).

　　②Method of nourishing yin, clearing away heat and stopping bleeding: the pathogenesis is veins burnt by deficiency fire, commonly used Zhibai Dihuang decoction (12g of Anemarrhena, 9g of Phellodendron, 12g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 12g of Cornus, 15g of Chinese yam, 12g of paeonol, 15g of Yunling, 9g of Alisma, 3g of Panax notoginseng powder).

　　Warm reminder: Patients with nephritis must control their diet, avoid excessive intake of natural substances, exercise more, and cooperate with doctor's treatment in a timely manner, so that they can recover as soon as possible.