Summarization of the clinical and laboratory study on the rhubarb in treating chronic renal failure / 中国中药杂志
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
;
(24): 241-262, 2002.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-263637
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To review the clinical and laboratory study on the rhubarb in the treatment of Chronic Renal Failure (CRF).</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Documents of clinical and mechanism study on chinese medicine rhubarb including the simple rhubarb and the rhubarb complex prescription in which rhubarb is the main effective ingredient in recent 10 years were searched and summarized.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Clinical application involving dosage forms, prescriptions, usage and effect of the rhubarb and its prescriptions in the treatment of the CRF and their laboratory study progress wre summarized.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Rhubarb and all kinds of its complex prescriptions have an assured effect on CRF and their mechanism includes many ways such as ameliorating azotemia, preventing nephritic compensatory hypertrophy and high metabolism situation, and so on. So the rhubarb can be used as an ideal medicine in treating CRF in a long period of time and will have a very brilliant prospect.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Plants, Medicinal
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Rheum
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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Therapeutic Uses
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Drug Combinations
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Drug Therapy
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Kidney Failure, Chronic
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Phytotherapy
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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