From blood stasis theory to preliminarily study on treatment of henoch-schonlein purpura nephritis / 中国中西医结合急救杂志

ABSTRACT

Henoch-schonlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) is a pathological renal manifestation of systemic allergic vasculitis caused by the deposition of immune complexes in small blood vessels. It occurs most frequently in children and the main manifestation is hematuria seen under microscope. At present, western medical doctors have not reached a consensus on the therapeutic regimen of HSPN, but they all have agreed that early diagnosis and early treatment in time are of great significance to the prognosis of this disease, especially the children with persistent proteinuria should be actively and properly treated. In recent years, with the deepening understanding of HSPN in traditional Chinese medicine, it is considered that the blood stasis is the key factor of the pathogenesis, therefore, the treatment of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis is applied through the whole therapeutic course. This study summarizes the various aspects of HSPN treatment based on the blood stasis as the key factor of the pathogenesis.