Effects of Shenkang Decoction on Creatinine and Blood Urea Nitrogen in Chronic Renal Failure Hemodialysis Patients

Effects of Shenkang Decoction on Creatinine and Blood Urea Nitrogen in Chronic Renal Failure Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

To explore the clinical effect of Shenkang Decoction in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients with hemodialysis (HD).

Inclusion Criteria:

• The diagnosis of western medicine meets the diagnostic criteria of chronic kidney failure in Internal Medicine
• the diagnosis of TCM meets the diagnostic criteria of the disease in the Guiding Principles for Clinical Research of New Chinese Medicine.
• The patient is over 18 years old,
• can think independently and have civil conduct,
• strictly follow the doctor's advice,
• maintain stable condition and regular HD treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with HD time of no more than three months, severe uncontrolled infection, other malignant diseases, heart, liver, brain, and digestive system dysfunction, mental diseases such as dementia or depression;
• contraindications to HD or contraindications to the study (Shock or systolic blood pressure below 80mm/Hg, severe bleeding or a tendency to bleed, serious infection such as sepsis, or a blood-borne infection, advanced tumor, extremely debilitating or not cooperating with doctor)
• drug allergy, chronic use of glucocorticoids, and immunosuppressants.
• women during pregnancy or lactation.