Polycystic kidney disease (PKD or PCKD, also known as polycystic kidney syndrome) is a cystic genetic disorder of thekidneys.
Polycystic kidney disease is one of the most common life-threatening genetic diseases, affecting an estimated 12.5 million people worldwide. In half of the people with polycystic kidney disease, there is no family history of the disease. In these cases, the gene coding for the disease occurs out of a spontaneous genetic mutation without either parent being a carrier of the gene.
Chinese herbs do best in tring Polycystic Kidney Disease just because effective ingredients in Chinese herbs can protect healthy renal functional cells from being damaged. As long as no more renal cells are damaged, Polycystic Kidney Disease stop developing to kidney failure. Therefore, although Polycystic Kidney Disease can not be cured, PKD patients can live as long as a normal person through Chinese herbs.
Chinese herbs have many functions and different function plays different role in treating Polycystic Kidney Disease. For instance, active ingredients in Chinese herbs have function to extend blood vessels as well as decompose blood clots. Under the combined effects of these two functions, blood pressure in kidney can be lowered effectively. Cysts in Polycystic Kidney Disease are filled with yellow fluids which always flow toward the side with lower pressure. Therefore, when pressure outside the cyst decrease to the level lower than that inside the cyst, fluids ooze out of the cyst. Consequently cyst becomes smaller and further kidney damages are avoided.
