Clinical observation on treatment of diabetic nephropathy with Huangqi Danggui Mixture / 中成药

AIM: To observe the effect of Huangqi Danggui Mixture on diabetic nephropathy. METHODS: Using Huangqi Danggui Mixture to treat 32 patients with diabetic nephropathy,In control group 22 patients were treated with Losartan.The therapeutic course was 3 months for both groups.The changes of clinical symptoms,blood glucose,lipid metabolism and urinary albumin were observed and compared. RESULTS: The total effective rate in the treated group was 80.9% while in the control group 63.3%.The symptoms,urinary protein and albumin as well as lipid metabolism in the treated group all significantly improved after treatment (P