Traditional Chinese Medicine for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Polycystic kidney disease is a congenital and hereditary disease and often patients need to have some treatment for lifelong time, therefor a natural and safe treatment plan is very important. Traditional Chinese Medicines are in this regard a good choice.

Though Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) requires relatively longer time to take effects than western medicines and surgeries, it is natural and safe. What is more important the curative effects are durable and it can help gradually improve renal functions for the long run.

Effective treatment for polycystic kidney disease should have the following functions: relief of symptoms and discomforts, control complications and slow down cyst growth and illness progression.

For each symptom and sign of PKD such as back pain, high blood pressure, urinary tract infection, kidney stone, blood in urine, there are some Chinese medicines or external applications such as massage, acupuncture, medicated bath, osmosis therapy that can be adopted.

For example, dandelion is natural diuretics and it helps enhance renal excretory function to remove more wastes from the kidneys; cranberry juice has antibiotics properties and it helps prevent and treat frequent urinary tract infections and kidney infections; bearberry can help cleanse the urinary tract and flush bacteria from the kidneys and urinary tract; acupuncture and massage can relieve chronic pains; osmosis therapy can gradually shrink renal cysts and prevent cyst spread so as to help control illness conditions and protect residual kidney functions.

Compared with conventional prescribed western medicines, Traditional Chinese Medicines are natural and safe. They cause no or very less side effects to the patients even if in the long run if they are taken under the guidance of professional doctors.

What is more important, TCM can help enhance the functions of kidneys, heart and other organs and systems. It can also help regulate immune disorder, help improve the patient’s immunity and disease-resistance ability so that the kidneys can be protected from potential damages.