Research status of Chinese medicine in diabetic nephropathy / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Diabetic nephropathy is one of the microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Recently, the modern medical researches and treatments of diabetic nephropathy have some progress, but the treatment delaying the progress of renal function is still unknown. Many clinical practices showed that the traditional Chinese medicine on this disease was effective. Thus, this paper was to summarize the traditional Chinese medicine view of etiology and pathogenesis, clinical researches, experimental researches in order provide reference for clinical treatment.