Current Treatment for Lupus Nephritis

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can damage multiple organs. When it involves kidneys, it is called Lupus Nephritis.
Normally, our immunity system helps protect for body from infections and harmful substances. However, for the patients with Lupus Nephritis, the immune system can not tell the difference between harmful substances and healthy ones. As a result, the immune system attacks healthy cells and tissues. When the autoimmune system is activated by the external antigens, the antibodies fail to fight against the foreigners, but to bind to the antigens and deposit in the glomerular capillary epithelial cells. The immune complexes will release inflammatory factors initiating renal inflammatory response. If the complexes can not be removed, Lupus Nephritis will aggravate further. It is also the reasons for the frequent relapses.

In order to treat Lupus Nephritis, the first step is to block the abnormal immune reaction. Immunotherapy is recommended to the patients with Lupus Nephritis. It can block the abnormal immune reaction, regulate the autoimmune system and recover the patients' normal immune system.

Afterwards, the patients should remove the immune complexes deposited in the epithelial cells. This step can restrain the further kidney injury by the harmful substances. Chinese herbal medicines play an important role on this aspect.
Chinese herbal medicines can dilate blood vessels. It not only remits the renal ischemia and anoxia caused by the immune complexes, but also improves blood circulation.

In addition, the Chinese herbal medicines can degrade the immune complexes in Lupus Nephritis. Afterward, the immune complexes will be passed out into urine by blood circulation.

Also Chinese herbal medicines can provide some micronutrients for the self-repairing of the glomerular capillary epithelial cells thus restoring the renal function.


Immunotherapy together with Chinese traditional herbal medicines has showed its tremendous effect in the treatment of Lupus Nephritis. It can improve the patients' immunity system so as to treat Lupus Nephritis effectively.