The kidney is an important organ in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory of visceral outward manifestation, and is the congenital foundation. Throughout history, medical practitioners have accumulated rich experience in treating diseases caused by the two major dysfunctions of the kidney, which stores essence of life and regulates water, forming a dialectical theory of treatment.
In the 1950s and 1960s, there were gradually more reports on the treatment of refractory edema, retention of urine, difficulty in urination and defecation, stranguria, and other diseases in traditional Chinese medicine.
By the 1970s, the field of kidney disease in Western medicine had flourished. The clinical practice of combining Chinese and Western medicine, led by the theory of kidney regulating water in the TCM theory of visceral outward manifestation, had gained considerable experience in pathological research, treatment research, experimental research, and prescription research.
In the early 1980s, the National Committee of Traditional Chinese Medicine Nephrology (formerly known as the Internal Medicine Nephrology Group) was also established.
Over the past 20 years, academic conferences have reflected the research content of traditional Chinese medicine kidney disease. Scholars from various regions have gained a deeper understanding of one aspect of the scope of traditional Chinese medicine kidney disease, which is the relationship between the kidney's water regulation and the kidney's water metabolism. Traditional Chinese Medicine Nephrology, as a clinical discipline of traditional Chinese medicine, is also becoming increasingly mature. From the perspective of clinical practice, the development of traditional Chinese medicine to the present day shows that the understanding of kidneys in traditional Chinese medicine is essentially the same as that in Western medicine, and it can be said that different paths lead to the same goal.
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