WANG Yanmei,ZHAO Hailing,LI Ping.Thoughts and strategies of traditional Chinese medicine in preventing and treating diabetic lipotoxic renal injury[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,44(09):1095-1098.
WANG Yanmei,ZHAO Hailing,LI Ping.Thoughts and strategies of traditional Chinese medicine in preventing and treating diabetic lipotoxic renal injury[J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,44(09):1095-1098. DOI: 10.16025/j.1674-1307.2025.09.002.
Thoughts and strategies of traditional Chinese medicine in preventing and treating diabetic lipotoxic renal injury
Lipotoxic renal injury plays a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy, with lipid metabolism disorders leading to structural and functional damage to the kidneys. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) holds that when excessive nutrition or dysfunction in transport and metabolism occurs, pathological fat is formed, which accumulates and transforms into phlegm turbidity, blood stasis, and turbid toxins. "Spleen dysfunction leads to internal generation of phlegm turbidity; liver fails in dispersion and dredging, causing qi stagnation and blood stasis; turbid toxins and blood stasis block and disrupt the kidney collaterals", these mechanisms contribute to the occurrence and progression of diabetic lipotoxic renal injury. Therefore, treatment should focus on the core pathogenesis of "dysfunction of
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organs, endogenous turbid toxins and blood stasis, and organ damage", with the liver, spleen, and kidney as the central targets, emphasizing the "linkage of the thr
ee organs and coordinated metabolism", and adopting organ-specific therapy. The spleen serves as the hub, treating the spleen and eliminating turbidity, emphasizing transport and cleansing. The liver serves as the pivot, regulating the liver and promoting qi, emphasizing dredging and balance. The kidney serves as the foundation, tonifying the kidney and reinforcing deficiency, emphasizing nourishment and consolidation. Pathological products such as "turbidity, toxins, and stasis" are addressed by resolving stasis and dredging collaterals, emphasizing elimination and patency. Through invigorating the spleen, regulating the liver, tonifying the kidney, and dredging collaterals, the dynamic balance of metabolism and excretion is restored, thereby delaying the progression of diabetic lipotoxic renal injury and improving patient prognosis.
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