Research Progress in the Treatment of Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy with Traditional Chinese Medicine

Authors

  • Kejia Yan Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang 712046, Shaanxi, China
  • Xinzheng Chen The First Clinical School, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang 712046, Shaanxi, China; Baoji Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Baoji 721001, Shaanxi, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53469/jcmp.2025.07(06).19

Keywords:

Traditional Chinese medicine, Idiopathic membranous nephropathy, Etiology and pathogenesis, Treatment

Abstract

Idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) is an autoimmune disease and is the main cause of nephrotic syndrome. At present, there are many controversies about the means and effect of clinical treatment of IMN. Combined with cyclophosphamide and hormone, as the first-line treatment regimen for IMN, have obvious toxic and side effects, while calcineurin inhibitor, as the initial alternative treatment regimen, although it can effectively improve the clinical manifestations of IMN proteinuria and so on,it has ahigh degree of nephrotoxicity. In recent years, the TCM treatment of IMN has made great clinical achievements. TCM treatment follows the principle of “overall concept, syndrome differentiation and treatment”, and adopts the characteristic therapy of internal and external treatment, which can effectively alleviate the refractory symptoms of IMN and has a good application prospect. To this end, this paper collected the literature data related to TCM treatment of IMN in recent years, and summarized the etiology and pathogenesis of IMN and TCM treatment of IMN, in order to provide a reliable basis for TCM treatment of IMN.

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Published

2025-06-30

How to Cite

Yan, K., & Chen, X. (2025). Research Progress in the Treatment of Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy with Traditional Chinese Medicine. Journal of Contemporary Medical Practice, 7(6), 88–92. https://doi.org/10.53469/jcmp.2025.07(06).19