The research about the connection between the urine osmolafity and the syndrome type of kidney Yin deficiency or kidney Yang deficiency in chronic kidney disease / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the regularity between the change of urine osmotic pressure to the syndrome of kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency in patients with chronic kidney disease,to provide an objective evident for the syndrome differentiation of TCM and the judgment of renal function.Methods Urine osmolality and renal function of one hundred and twenty-one patients with chronic kidney disease,belonging to the syndrome of kidney Yin deficiency of kidney Yang deficiency,were detected.The connection between urine osmolality,renal function and TCM syndromes of kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency and the relation of TCM symptom score between them were analyzed.Results The research suggested an obvious link between urine osmolality,renal function and the TCM Syndromes of kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency in Chronic kidney disease.It also suggested an obvious correlation between the urine osmolality and TCM symptom scores.Conclusion The determination of urine osmolality can provide an objective evident for differentiating syndromes of kidney Yin deficiency or kidney Yang deficiency in chronic renal disease.