Chronic nephritis is mainly a chronic glomerular disease characterized by varying degrees of proteinuria, hematuria, edema and hypertension, with some patients experiencing impairment of renal function as the disease progresses. The etiology of most chronic nephritis is unknown, and the onset of the disease is chronic; only a few chronic nephritis is caused by the development of acute nephritis. Chronic glomerulonephritis is a common clinical condition with multiple morbidities. According to its different clinical manifestations, this disease belongs to the category of “kidney labor”, “edema” and “back pain” in Chinese medicine. The principle of treatment for this disease is to slow down the progress of kidney damage, not to eliminate proteinuria, hematuria and other symptoms. One of the characteristics of Chinese medicine is the “holistic view”, Chinese medicine has the effect of treating the cause at the same time, but also has the regulation, improve the body’s internal organs, qi and blood function activities and overall function, to play a multi-target treatment, so as to improve the symptoms of chronic nephritis, in order to return the progress of the disease. The symptoms and signs of chronic nephritis, the pathogenesis and progression of the disease are different for different patients, and treatment should be individualized. Relatively speaking, many Chinese medicines are calm and can regulate the dynamic balance of the body, improve the immunity of the body, reduce the toxic side effects of Western medicines, and cause little harm to the human body when taken for a long time. Chinese medicine emphasizes the integration of treatment and conditioning. Chronic nephritis is a chronic disease, mainly related to the patient’s kidney deficiency, and also related to the lung, spleen, heart of the Xu loss. The loss of qi, blood, yin and yang varies depending on the patient’s constitution and the nature of the disease, with a preference for qi deficiency or blood deficiency or yin deficiency or yang deficiency, as well as qi-yang deficiency, qi-yin deficiency, qi-blood deficiency and yin-yang deficiency. If the disease is relatively stable, you can take some tonic poultices to regulate the body under the guidance of a doctor, and take the lineage tonic method for different patients’ deficiency combinations, such as warming kidney yang, nourishing kidney yin, nourishing qi and blood, nourishing both yin and yang, nourishing kidney and spleen, nourishing lung and kidney, etc. At the same time, you can also try to eat some medicinal food. It is generally recommended that patients with chronic nephritis eat more light and tonic foods, such as celery, lettuce, kelp, winter melon, loofah, watermelon, wolfberry, marjoram, wild rice and so on. It is not advisable to eat hot and warm food, such as chili, pepper, cilantro, oyster, sparrow, dog meat, etc. It is also not advisable to eat a large amount of protein and fatty and greasy food. There are some Chinese herbs, such as astragalus, poria, adzuki beans, coix seeds, gorgonians, lotus seeds, corn husk, psyllium, yam with beneficial effect of water, can choose to use and stew or porridge; American ginseng, cordyceps to benefit the kidney, can be a small amount of decoction to drink as tea; wolfberry, safflower, chrysanthemum bubble with liver and eyes, blood and the function of. Medicinal meal recommended: wu fish poria coix seed soup: wu fish a, poria 30 grams, red beans 15 grams, coix seed 10 grams, stewed soup. With clear heat and dampness, tonifying Qi, water and swelling effect. Astragalus stewed hen: a hen, 100-150 grams of raw astragalus, 2 slices of ginger, stewed soup over moderate heat, can benefit the spleen and water. Gorgonzola japonica rice porridge: 30 grams of gorgonzola, 10 grams of lotus seeds, 10 grams of coix seeds, 50 grams of japonica rice porridge. It has the effect of tonifying the spleen qi, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, and eliminating proteinuria. Patients are advised to consume poultices and medicinal meals under the guidance of a doctor. Originally published in Jinling Evening News 080121 Chinese and Western medicine pairing Kong Wei Li Shan Chen Yanping Li Hua