To investigate the clinical efficacy of Yishen Huayu Decoction combined with traditional Chinese medicine immunosuppressant in treating chronic nephritis and its effects on urinary protein and renal fibrosis. Methods:A total of 78 patients with chronic nephritis admitted to Zhoukou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2016 to December 2017 were selected as the research subjects. The patients were divided into the control group and the observation group by random number table grouping method with 39 patients in each group. The control group received low protein, low salt intake, western medicine anti edema, anti platelet, lipid-lowering, and other symptomatic treatment. The observation group was treated with Yishen Huayu Decoction plus tripterygium glycosides tablets on the basis of the control group. Urine protein quantitation, serum creatinine (Scr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), laminin (LN), procollagen peptide-III (PC-III), collagen-IV (Col-IV), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1), clinical efficacy and adverse reactions were compared between the two groups before and after treatment. Results:The total effective rate of the observation group (9487%) was significantly higher than that of the control group (7949%), and the difference was statistically significant (P<005). There was no significant difference in urine protein quantitation, Scr, BUN, LN, PC-III, Col-IV and TIMP-1 levels between the two groups before treatment (P>005). Urinary protein quantification, Scr, BUN, LN, PC-III, Col-IV and TIMP-1 levels in the two groups were significantly decreased after treatment (P<005). The levels of urine protein, Scr, BUN, LN, PC-III, Col-IV and TIMP-1 in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<005). There was no significant difference in clinical adverse reactions between the two groups (P>005). Conclusion:Yishen Huayu Decoction combined with traditional Chinese medicine immunosuppressant can significantly reduce the amount of urine protein in patients with chronic nephritis, improve renal function index, reduce the serum LN, PC-III, Col-IV and TIMP-1 renal fibrosis indexes, delay the process of renal fibrosis. The clinical effect is significant, and can be further applied. |