Effects of the Oriental medical prescription Wen-Pi-Tang in patients receiving dialysis.

Abstract

Hemodialysis patients were treated with Wen-Pi-Tang (a type of traditional Chinese (Kampo)-prescription) for 8 weeks, and the changes in active oxygen production by neutrophils, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, methylguanidine (MG)/creatinine (Cr) ratio, blood chemistry and subjective symptoms were examined. A decrease in active oxygen production by neutrophils was observed in patients with and without phorbol myristate acetate stimulation. SOD activity and MG/Cr ratio were also reduced by the treatment. In addition, coldness of the limbs, constipation and easy fatigability were improved by Wen-Pi-Tang administration.

• Authors: H Ninomiya, T Mitsuma, M Takara, T Yokozawa, K Terasawa, H Okuda
• Journal: Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology (Phytomedicine) Vol. 5 Issue 4 Pg. 245-52 (Aug 1998) ISSN: 0944-7113 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 23195895 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 1998 Gustav Fischer Verlag. Published by Elsevier GmbH.. All rights reserved.