What are the kidney diseases?

What is kidney failure?

Healthy kidneys clean your blood by removing excess fluid, minerals, and wastes. They also produce hormones that keep your bones strong and blood healthy. But if the kidneys are damaged, they could not work properly. Harmful wastes can build up in your body so your blood pressure may rise. Your body may retain excess fluid and could not produce enough red blood cells. This is called kidney failure.

Types of kidney failure

Chronic kidney failure

 Chronic kidney failure (chronic kidney disease), describes the gradual loss of kidney function. When chronic kidney failure reaches an advanced stage, dangerous levels of fluid, electrolytes and wastes would accumulate in your body.

Acute kidney failure

 Acute kidney failure (also called acute renal failure or acute kidney injury) develops rapidly over a few days or even a few hours. Acute kidney failure is very common in people who are already hospitalized, particularly in critically ill people who need more care. Acute kidney failure can be fatal. However, acute kidney failure may be reversible. If you're otherwise in good health, you may recover normal kidney function.

Complications of kidney failure

Blood system may be damaged due to kidney failure, which resorts in reducing erythropoietin, which can causes anemia. But usually, it is not serious. A few cases may appear reduction of blood clotting factors, which can have bleeding tendency. The complications can be more serious such as acute pulmonary edema, severe cardiovascular lesions, hyperkalemia, insufficient blood volume or infection, gastrointestinal bleeding, respiratory failure, multiple organ dysfunctions.

Chinese medicine treatment of kidney failure?

In traditional Chinese treatment,it does not directly reduce creatinine level,but from improving immune function and reversing kidney funciton.Only in this way,can make sure kidney will be recovered and creatinine level will not increase again.
This herbal treatment is called”Toxin-removing”therapy.This is achieved by a series of herbal therapies.These herbal therapies are:

1.Chinese Medicine Points Rubbing Therapy

Chinese Medicine Points Rubbing Therapy is a traditional method in herbal treatment.The basic principle of this therapy is that it smashes the medicine with pulling out poison function and then applies the medicine in patient’s skin.The biggest advantage of this therapy is it can directly reach the damaged part to repair kidney instead of drinking medicine that cause drug resistance.
It is proved that this therapy has the same effect with oral medicine,only different roots with oral medicine and can remove toxin in blood and cells.

2.Chinese Medicine Hot Compress on Shu Mu Points :

Chinese Medicine Hot Compress on Shu Mu Points is a treatment option for kidney disease patients who still have urine output.It is not a simple herb,but a medical procedure in which different Chinese herbs are used externally to improve kidney condition.It is a combination of Chinese herbs and advanced medical device-osmocope.In this therapy,different herbs are used and closely based on patients’s illness condition.During the whole process,all patients need to do is lie on the bed for 40 minutes.

The effects of this therapy are:1.Expanding blood vessles;2.Anti-inflammation;3.Anti-coagulation;4.Degradation;5.Repair injured kidney intrinsic cells

3.Oral Chinese Decoction

Oral Chinese Decoction therapy has thousands of years history in China,there are hundreds herbs in it and they can be combined freely according to patient’s specific need during the treatment.

The effects of this therapy are:1.increase urine volume;2.Reduce urine at night;3.Strong odor of urine;4.Flocculent precipitates

4.Chinese medicine footbath therapy

This is a comnon therapy in herbal treatment.During this treatment,all patients need to do is immerse feet in 2000ml decoction for 40 minutes.The temperature cannot exceed 40℃.This therapy can help patients increase appetite,improve sleep quality,hands and feet become warm again and also it can improve blood circulation.But it is not suitable for all patients.This therapy is contraindicated in pregnant women,for patients with abnormal blood pressure should be treated under particular circumstances.As for patients with broken skin,they should be caution during the treatment of this therapy.

5.Medicated full bath therapy

Medicated full bath therapy is to decoct medicines that can discharge and blend them into medicinal soup,then tolet patients enter into the soup to bath fully in sufficient time,which can make ingredients in medicines immerse into body striae,enter meridiansand viscera,open pores and bladder and discharge toxic pathogen in meridiansand viscera through sweat and urine.With the aid of warm gas in medicines and medicinal soup,promote flow of meridians and qi and blood,make pores open and acupoints unimpeded.
During the treatment,patients need to bath in 5000ml decoction with optimumtemperature (35-40℃ is desirable.The temperature can be also adjusted according to different patients).Usually,immersion bath last for 40-90 minutes,but it can be adjusted according to patients.
 Effects of this therapy:It can stable weight loss,increase resistance,relief of joint pain,inproved sleep and increase appetite and sweating,relief itching.