USE OF XIAO CHAIHU TANG IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE: A COMPARISON OF TWO CASE STUDIES

摘要

In Traditional Chinese Medical theory it is often thought that acute or chronic compromised renal function is due to dysfunction of the Kidney; either a deficiency of Kidney Qi, (Yang) or Kidney Yin. The Kidney is said to Govern the Water and they govern the transformation and transportation of Body Fluids in different ways. As in Western medical thinking the Kidney is the Zang organ most responsible for the movement and conservation of water. The Kidneys control the Yin orifices of the body, the urinary and anal sphincter, and thereby the release of fluids. With a deficiency of KI Yang the "gate" will be too open resulting in copious amounts of dilute urine; if the KI Yin is deficient the "gate" is too closed and small amounts of dark urine is theresult.