Clinical Study of the Therapeutic Effectsof Rhubarb as A Main Drug in the Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure

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Clinical Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Rhubarb as AMain Drug in the Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure

To seek an effective treatment to delay the development of chronic renal failure, the au-thors studied the effects of a therapy integrating Chinese and Western medicine with rhubarb as the maindrug. Sixty hospitalized patients were divided into an integrated Chinese and Western medicine therapygroup (test group, 30 cases) and a Western therapy group (control group, 30 cases) . There were no dif-ferences in age, sex, underlying diseases and renal function of the two groups. The patients in bothgroups were treated for three weeks as a therapy course. The results show the levels of blood urea nitro-gen and serum creatinine after treatment were higher than before treatment in the control group, but lowerin the test group. The value of reciprocal coefficient (slope or b value) relationship between inverseserum creatinine slope and time in the control group was -1.198 3. 931, but the slope(b value) in thetest group was 0. 125 2. 252. There were no side-effects to be found in either group. The study suggeststhat integrated Chinese and Western medicine using rhubarb as a main drug can delay renal function dete-rioration and improve renal function in some cases.