Chronic kidney disease is a difficult disease that threatens public health.It has the characteristics of high prevalence,high disability,and high medical expenses.If it is not treated in the early and middle stages,it will eventually progress to end-stage renal disease.Numerous studies have proved that the traditional Chinese medicine has a positive protective effect on the kidney and with good safety.This paper organized and summarized the literature on the treatment of chronic kidney disease in the early and middle stages of traditional Chinese medicine in the past 10 years,in order to provide references for further research on new ideas for the treatment of chronic kidney disease.