On The Chinese Diet Culture And Therapeutic Application In Chronic Glomerulonephritis

There are different major causes of chronic renal fauilure (CRF) in Taiwan and in Mainland China. Due to over population and unequal economic development in various geological locations,chronic nephritis remains to be the major cause of chronic renall failure in China. On the other hand,DM and Hypertension has grown to match chronic nephritis to be the major cause of chronic renal failure in Taiwan. In turn, CRF has become the eighth highest cause of death in Taiwan, and continues to grow at an annual rate of 0.47%(only 0.01% growth rate less than heart failure, which is the number one cause of death). Therefore, we can assume that chronic nephritis continues to be a threat to human health.Chronic nephritis is a common immune disease, due to its long duration and fickle symptoms after infection, and mostly because it is the fundamental cause for CRF. Yet,there is no medication at present that will cure the disease entirely. Therefore, when the patient is under treatment, if coupled with dietary supplement, the disease can be controlled ant delaying the infection period.Chinese traditional medicine is backed by long history and enormous content, among which the theory of food and dietary supplement was also developed at the same time. Knowing what kind of food is better to have with certain disease and others should be avoided has proven to be effective after years of actual practice. Therefore, taking herbal medicine and having dietary supplement actually compounded the treatment effect. Herbal medicine will alleviate current symptom, and dietary supplement will help the body fight the disease with necessary nutrition. Applying the same theory, dietary supplement together with herbal medicine has produced unique results to help control the chronic nephritis' condition.For chronic nephritis patients, their diet consisted mostly with low protein, high calories, and low salt diet. However, using dietary supplement methods, "little with concentration," "equal balanced food," "salt to renal" will help the patient reduce distended body, increase protein and immunity,and protect internal organs, is a more effective and beneficial way of treating the disease. The content of this thesis will include the following topics:trace the history of dietary supplement in Chinese traditional medicine, Sino-western understanding of chronic nephritis, suggested dietary supplement for chronic nephritis and common treatment for it, and explaining the importance of dietary supplement to its current treatment.With current technological advancement, food and dietary supplement theory should accept modern research and collaborate with nutrition theory to help chronic nephritis patients, but alse to promote the practicality of "prevention vs treatment."...