Yishen huanshuai recipe retard progression of chronic renal failure

ObjectiveTo elevate the efficacy ofdialysis in uremia patients treated with maintaining hemodialysis. MethodsThirty patients of terminal stageuremia were treated with Tongmai oral liquid and rhubarb capsule combined withhemodialysis were observed and compared with a control group of 30 patients treated withhemodialysis alone. The therapeutic course of both groups was 1 month and the observationlasted for 3 months consecutively. ResultsThe mean time urea nitrogen concentration (TACurea),protein catabolic rate (PCR) and the KT/V value of the treated group were all better thanthose of the control group (P< 0.05). ConclusionUremia patients treated with Tongmai oral liquid andrhubarb capsule combined with hemodialysis were better in full utilization of hemodialysisand life quality of patients in comparison with patients treated with hemodialysis alone.