Rehabilitation for chronic nephritis (2)

2.3 Dietary therapy

In the case of excessive dampness due to splenic asthenia, select Spleen-Benefiting Cake, Gruel of Baibiandou(Semen Dolichoris Album), Eight-Treasure Gruel and Gruel of Huaishanyao (Rhizoma Dioscoreae); in the case of splenorenal asthenia, select Gruel of Lizi (Semen Castaneae), Soup of Dongchongxiacao (Cordyceps) and Gruel of Powder of Qianshi (Semen Euryales); in the case of hepatorenal yin deficiency, select Gruel of Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae) and Paste of Tianmendong (Radix Asparagi); in the case of internal accumulation of dampness and heat, select Gruel of Huoxiang (Herba Agastachis); Gruel of Yiyiren (Semen Coicis) and Gruel of Pibaye (Folium Eriobotryae). Besides, it is advisable to select Gruel of Mahetao (Rhizoma Gastrodiae and Semen Juglandis) and Steamed Crucian Carp with Tea.

Drinking fresh goat’s milk on an empty stomach every early morning is extremely beneficial to the treatment of the disease. Each time, cook 250 to 1500 ml of goat’s milk until it boils and take it in two different times by adding a bit of white sugar or honey. Abstain from salt during the milk-drinking period. Drink the milk continuously for one month. Supplement high-quality protein in the daily diet such as egg, fresh fish, duck meat, lean pork. As for fats, it is suitable to eat vegetable oil. Eat green grams, red beans, wax gourds, watermelons, carrots, rapes and kelps at ordinary times. Abstain from seafood, allergenic products, pungent, fat and greasy foods like beef, mutton, dog meat, chicken meat, fresh jellyfish and shrimp. Control salt intake and abstain from salt in the case of edema. Do not overeat sugar so as to prevent renal diabetes. If the disease develops into renal insufficiency, it is advisable to select the diet with the low phosphorus and low protein.

2.4 Nursing in daily life

Prevent common cold or other infectious diseases of respiratory tract strictly. Keep the oral cavity and skin clean at ordinary times. Moderate sexual life so as to prevent impairment of renal qi.

Be sure to use drugs with caution to prevent renal injury due to drug toxicity. Drugs that harm the kidney should be absolutely contraindicated such as kanamycin, gentamycin and some antipyretic and analgesic tablets.

Written by WangXudong

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