| Disease | 15 CASES OF NEPHROTIC NEPHRITIS AND 28 CASES OF PRIMARY GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (21 RESISTANT TO STEROIDS, 7-DEPTNDENT ON STEROIDS, 15 READILY RELAPSE CASES) WERE TREATED WITH THE TOTAL GLYCOSIDE OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII <LEIGONGTENG> PLUS <YISHEN
HUAYU DECOCTION> COMPOSED OF THE RHIZOME OF REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA <SHENGDI>, FRUIT OF LYCIUS BARBARUS <GOUQI>, PROCESSED ROOT TUBER OF POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM <ZHISHOUWU>, TUBER OF DIOSCOREA OPPOSITA <HUAISHANYAO>, ROOT OF ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS
<HUANGQI>, AERIAL PART OF LYCOPUS LUCIDUS <ZELAN>, GRAIN OF COIX LACHRYMA-JOBI <YIYIREN>, ROOT OF SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA <DANSHEN>,WHOLE PLANT OF CYNANCHUM PANICULATUM <KUCHANGQING>, LEECH <SHUIZI>, AND LICORICE <GANCAO>. THE SEED OF PLANTAGO
ASIATICA <CHEQIANZI> AND SCLEROTIUM OF POLYPORUS UMBELLATUS <ZHULING> WERE ADDED FOR SEVERE EDEMA OF THE LOWER LIMBS. THE BARK OF EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES <DUZHONG> AND ROOT OF ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA <NIUXI> WERE PRESCRIBED FOR SEVERE LUMBER PAIN.
AMBER <HUPO> AND RHIZOME OF RUBIA CORDIFOLIA <QIANCAO> WERE GIVEN FOR PATIENTS WITH HEMATURIA. THE ROOT OF MORINDA OFFICINALIS <BAJITIAN> AND RHIZOME OF CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES <XIANMAO> WERE ADDITIONALLY PRESCRIBED FOR PATIENTS WITH YANG ASTHENIA
AND AVERSION TO COLD. THE INITIAL DOSAGE OF THE TOTAL GLYCOSIDE WAS 1-1.5 MG/KG/DAY IN 3 DOSES AFTER MEALS. THE DOSE AFTER SUPPER WAS OMITTED 2 WEEKS AFTER DISAPPEARANCE OF PROTEINORIA. AFTER 2 MORE WEEKS, THE DOSE AFTER LUNCH WAS ALSO OMITTED
AND THE DOSE AFTER BREAKFAST MAINTAINED FOR 8 WEEKS. THE DECOCTION (LEECH NOT DECOCTED) WAS ADMINISTERED TWICE DAILY UNITL 4 WEEKS AFTER DISAPPEARANCE OF PROTEINURIA. THEN THE DECOCTION INGREDIENTS WERE GIVEN AS A HONEY PILL AT 50 G TWICE DAILY.
THERE WERE 21 CASES CONTROLLED (PROTEINURIA NEGATIVE, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED) AND 17 CASES IMPROVED (PROTEIN IN 24 HURINE REDUCED BY 50%, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IMPROVED), THE TOTAL EFFECTIVE RATE BEING 88.4%. PROTEINURIA BECAME NEGATIVE
IN 8-140 DAYS. ONE TYPICAL CASE WAS PRESENTED. |