ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the effects ofBushen Gujing Recipe in treating early diabetic nephropathy (DN).Methods Sixty patients of early DN with Yin-Yang deficiency syndrome were randomly divided into treatment group and control group, 30 cases in each group. The control group was treated with conventional western medicine treatment, and the treatment group was treated withBushen Gujing Recipe combined with the conventional therapy. The treatment course was three months. The clinical efficacy, integral of TCM syndrome, and urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) of the two groups were compared.Results After the treatment, the integral of TCM symdrome of the treatment group was lower than control group, showed a statistically significant difference (P<0.05). The total effective rates of clinical efficacy were 81.48% (22/27) in treatment group, and 64.00% (16/25) in control group. The therapeutic effect of treatment group was better than control group (P<0.05). UAER showed a statistically significant difference between two groups (P<0.05).Conclusion Based on the western medicine treatment,Bushen Gujing Recipe can improve the symptoms of patients, alleviate the injury of kidney, and has good efficacy on DN.