Discussion on the treatment of chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus based on the principle of "kidney suffers from dryness and can be moistened by pungent drugs"
10.3760/cma.j.cn115398-20230911-00094
- VernacularTitle:基于“肾苦燥，急食辛以润之”探讨慢性肾脏病相关瘙痒症的辨治思路
- Author:
Siyu ZHOU
1
;
Xiaotong MA
;
Baowen GONG
Author Information
1. 广州中医药大学附属汕头市中医医院2021级硕士研究生，汕头 515000
- Keywords:
Nephrosis;
Chronic disease;
Pruritus;
Skin diseases;
Kidney suffers from dryness;
Kidney does not transport fluids;
Moisturizing with pungent
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;46(8):967-971
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Based on the principle of "kidney suffers from dryness and can be moistened by pungent drugs", this article discussed the pathogenesis and treatment of chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP), and believed that this disease begins with deficiency of kidney qi, and dampness, blood stasis, cold, heat, and turbid toxin are the symptoms, which ultimately leads to the kidney's inability to transport fluids, and develops into "dryness of kidney". It suggested that the treatment of CKD-aP should be "using pungent drugs to moisten" as the core, according to the stage of development of the disease and the contradiction of the primary and secondary, respectively, the use of pungency-warm (heat) declination, pungent-cold (cool) declination of the treatment, to help to restore the normal transmission of fluid operation, qi and blood, and promote fluids to reduce dryness, so as to promote the recovery of the disease.
