The effect of traditional Chinese medicine on renal function: A longitudinal cohort study with findings from 2011 to 2015 CHARLS

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 104; no. 22; p. e42567
• Main Authors: Li, Wei, Sun, Ning, Gamber, Michelle, Chen, Maxwell J., Sun, Wenjie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 30.05.2025
• Subjects: Aged; China - epidemiology; Female; Glomerular Filtration Rate - drug effects; Humans; Kidney - drug effects; Kidney - physiopathology; Kidney Diseases - physiopathology; Kidney Diseases - therapy; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medicine, Chinese Traditional - adverse effects; Medicine, Chinese Traditional - methods; Middle Aged; Observational Study; China; elderly Chinese; glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); traditional Chinese medicine (TCM); kidney disease; renal function

Current treatment methods for kidney disease are limited. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is proposed as an alternative therapy to treat those patients with kidney disease in China though the toxicities of TCM remain unclear. The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is used to reflect kidn...