Drinking leucaena leucocephala root for nephritis is beneficial. The benefits of drinking leucaena leucocephala root for nephritis are as follows: First, leucaena leucocephala root has the efficacy of clearing heat and dispelling dampness. Chinese medicine believes that glomerulonephritis belongs to the disease of oedema and it is caused by the patient’s feeling of wind, dampness-heat and stagnant blood, and other reasons. If glomerulonephritis is caused by feeling dampness and heat, drinking leucaena leucocephala can clear heat and dampness to achieve the purpose of treating the disease. Second, leucaena leucocephala root has the effect of diuretic and swelling, glomerulonephritis patients due to the loss of protein in the body caused by hypoproteinemia, so there are swelling and other symptoms, then drink leucaena leucocephala root can be diuretic and reduce swelling and other symptoms of patients. Third, leucaena leucocephala has the effect of cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, glomerulonephritis patients due to inflammation of the kidneys, resulting in glomerular filtration barrier is damaged, the red blood cells and other nutrients leakage, so there is redness in the urine and other symptoms, this time drinking leucaena leucocephala can achieve the purpose of stopping the bleeding of nephritis patients with redness in the urine has a therapeutic effect.