Treat Polycystic Kidney Disease by Traditional Chinese Medicine

Many patients of the disease of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) have adopted the treatment methods of surgeries or operations, such as laparoscopic renal cyst decorbicatiou (LRCD), pumping fluid hardening operation and the kidney transplant. Maybe many patients have found that the surgeries and operations are not as effective as people think and the symptoms often recur. Then some patients wonder whether the traditional Chinese Medicine is effective on treating the disease of Polycystic Kidney Disease.

In China, Traditional Chinese Medicine has thousands of years’ history and it has become a part of the Chinese culture. The Traditional Chinese Medicine has the characteristic of treating the root cause of the disease instead of get rid of the symptoms. And usually the Chinese medicine is taken as oral soup.

Therefore, the above characteristics determine the effects of the Chinese medicine. Although the Traditional Chinese Medicine can treat the cysts fundamentally without operations, the progression is rather slow and it takes a long time. As the treatment of kidney disease is a long process, sometimes, the effect of the Chinese medicine is slow than the development of this disease, so the effects are not very good in clinical.

In addition, the Chinese medicine is taken by oral soup. On one hand, the Chinese medicine soup is very bitter, so long-term taking may bring much suffering to the patients or causing the discomfort of the digestive system. On the other hand, the Chinese medicine is taken by oral method, so some of the component is absorbed by the digestive system and the effective component which can access the kidney lesion is decreased. Besides, the Chinese medicine contains much potassium, and long term taking Chinese medicine may cause the increase of potassium in the human body. So sometimes it is not suitable for some patients.

Therefore, on treating the disease of Polycystic Kidney Disease, Traditional Chinese Medicine is not so effective.