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Objective To observe the effect of traditional Chinese medicine enema on renal insufficiency of diabetic nephropathy.Methods 76 patients with diabetic nephropathy were divided into the treatment group and the control group with 38 patients in each group.The treatment group were offered traditional Chinese medicine enema based upon routine treatment for 8 weeks,the control group received routine treatment only.The clinical symptom,fasting blood glucose,24h urine albumin,serum creatinine (Scr),urea nitrogen (BUN) were observed and compared before and after treatment.Results The two groups showed significant differences in clinical symptom and degree of renal function alleviation.Conclusions Traditional Chinese medicine enema proved to be one of the effective methods for treatment of renal insufficiency of diabetic nephropathy.