How Does Herbal Medicine Treat Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy?

Zhendong Feng; Wenbin Liu; Han Xue Jiang; Haoran Dai; Chang Gao; Zhaocheng Dong; Yu Gao; Fei Liu; Zihan Zhang; Qihan Zhao; Lei Zhang; Baoli Liu

doi:10.3389/fphar.2020.00994

How Does Herbal Medicine Treat Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy?

Front Pharmacol. 2020 Jul 3:11:994. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00994. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Zhendong Feng^{1

2}, Wenbin Liu¹, Han Xue Jiang³, Haoran Dai⁴, Chang Gao³, Zhaocheng Dong³, Yu Gao¹, Fei Liu³, Zihan Zhang³, Qihan Zhao¹, Lei Zhang², Baoli Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephropathy, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
² Department of Nephropathy, Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Pinggu Hospital, Beijing, China.
³ Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
⁴ Shunyi Branch, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

Abstract

Idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) has made increasing progress in mechanism and treatment research. Herbal medicine is gradually being accepted as an alternative therapy in treating IMN. However, the intervention mechanism of herbal medicine in the treatment of membranous nephropathy is still unclear. In this review, we summarize some achievements of herb medicine in treating IMN and discuss the research direction of herb in IMN. Finally, we propose the dilemma about the study on the treatment of IMN with herb medicine. We hope that this article can bring some thoughts for clinical and scientific researchers on the treatment of IMN with herb medicine.

Keywords: chronic kidney disease; herbal medicine; idiopathic membranous nephropathy; pathogenesis; therapy.

Publication types

Review