Horseshoe Kidney in Chinese Medicine

Horseshoe kidney is formed in an early embryo, referring to the condition that the upper pole of kidney as well as the lower pole fuse together. Man are 4 times likely to suffer from horseshoe kidney compared with woman. With horseshoe kidney, patients are at high risk of developing various kidney related diseases like kidney stone and nephritis. As for this problem, Chinese medicine can help us to solve it.
Horseshoe kidney causes kidney problem because of poor blood circulation. In normal cases, kidney is been-shaped internal organ with strong filtration function and reabsorption and so on. It help us discharge harmful metabolin and meanwhile conserve nutrition. However, due to horseshoe kidney, renal tubules are curving, which makes kidneys fail to excrete wastes. Under such a circumstances, toxins and other harmful substances pile up in the kidney and thus induce kidney stone, infection or other kidney related problem.
In term of this condition, we can adopt Chinese medicine to help horseshoe kidney patients prevent or reduce unnecessary kidney damages. Chinese medicine, especially Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, have function to extend blood vessels, against inflammation, against coagulation and degrade extracellular matrix. All these functions contribute to a good blood circulation for people with simple horseshoe kidney and help to minimize kidney function in case of kidney problem. Besides, Chinese medicine not only helps to prevent or alleviate kidney disease, meanwhile it can offer kidneys lots of nutritions. So Chinese medicine is very beneficial for people with horseshoe kidney, even if they have no other kidney problem.
Horseshoe is a congenital kidney problem. Although it's shape can not be normalized by Chinese medicine, it can function as normally as a normal kidney.