Post Date December, 03 2023
In clinical practice, people are well aware of the side effects of Western medicine. Therefore, in the process of treating kidney disease, people tend to use traditional Chinese medicine. Most patients with kidney disease believe that traditional Chinese medicine is non-toxic, which inevitably leads to excessive dependence on the therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, traditional Chinese medicine also has certain toxic and side effects, so patients with kidney disease should promptly correct their erroneous views.
"Non toxic traditional Chinese medicine has always been a misconception among patients with kidney disease, which needs to be corrected, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.". The nephrotoxicity of Chinese herbal medicines has been confirmed at present. The most common Chinese herbs causing kidney damage are Aristolochia manshuriensis, Radix Stephaniae tetrandrae and their traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations preparations, which all contain the main component aristolochic acid. Kidney damage is mainly manifested in acute renal failure, chronic renal insufficiency, and chronic tubular interstitial damage, which is called "aristolochic acid nephropathy".
Experts remind patients with kidney disease that they must be cautious in using traditional Chinese medicine at ordinary times and cannot blindly rely on the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine preparations. Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and Chinese medicine preparations with unknown contents should be prohibited, and it is not advisable to use traditional Chinese medicine decoction for a long time. In particular, it is necessary to be cautious in using Chinese herbs such as Guanmu Tong, cinnabar, realgar, fish bile, centipede, and tripterygium wilfordii. Traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations containing aristolochia ingredients, such as Longdan Xiegan Pill, Paishi Granule, Fuke Fenqing Pill, Angong Niuhuang Pill, should also be banned.
Nephrology experts point out that there is currently no clinically specific treatment for kidney disease that can remove the patient's symptoms without negative effects. Therefore, patients with kidney disease should rationally play the role of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is best to combine traditional Chinese medicine therapy with other therapies to achieve the best therapeutic effect for kidney disease.
