Chronic Renal Failure with Ayurvedic Approach
Incidence of chronic renal failure with high tech interventions including dialysis is observed to be rising. The financial burden on the family and social implications are cause of great anxiety. The high cost modern investigational and therapeutic interventions though succeeded in giving some relief; do not completely address these problems to satisfaction and failed in improving the quality of life. Alternative medicine specialists in Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) claim beneficial effects of their systems. TCM therapists claim the beneficial effects of mixture of root powders of Rhubarb, Asian ginseng, licorice and aconite; and also chitosan. These cause significant reduction in serum creatinine, urea and cholesterol with improvement in physical strength, appetite and sleep. Ayurveda also certainly is expected to have some answers to this difficult prob...