{
    "abstract": "Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) receiving maintenance dialysis experience an overall burden of physical and emotional symptoms. However, there were limited alternative treatments to dialysis.\nA 79-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease stage 5 (CKD5) and gout had refused to be on dialysis. She also had hypoglycemia, hypertension, and heart disease.\nThe patient had received the ultrasonography, the renal biopsy and biochemical examinations, confirming the diagnosis of renal impairment, primary hypertension, and chronic nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes.\nShe was administered with 20\u200amL Eefooton (a liquid formula of herbal extracts: Astragalus membranaceus 3\u200ag, Codonopsis pilosula 3\u200ag, Ligustrum lucidum 3\u200ag, Panax quinquefolius 1.3\u200ag, and Rhodiola sacra 1.3\u200ag) orally twice a day for 6 months in addition to her regular medications.\nThe patient was followed up for 3 months after the completion of the Eefooton adjuvant treatment. The patient's renal function was improved, and CKD progression was alleviated. After Eefooton treatment, the sizes of both kidneys in the patient increased by 8% while blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine concentrations were decreased. In addition, further reduction in BUN concentration was observed 2 months posttreatment.\nThis case demonstrated that Eefooton has potential therapeutic significance in patients with CKD5 who chose conservative treatment over dialysis.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City.",
            "firstname": "Chien-An",
            "initials": "CA",
            "lastname": "Yao"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Gerent Biotech R&D Center No. 20, Jen Yi St., Taichung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.).",
            "firstname": "Chih-Hui",
            "initials": "CH",
            "lastname": "Lin"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": null,
    "doi": "10.1097/MD.0000000000017573",
    "journal": "Medicine",
    "keywords": [],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2019-10-28",
    "pubmed_id": "31651859\n26208584\n24040407\n25874204\n24618536\n25087616\n0\n25099952\n20224658\n30936938\n25335553\n28872612\n24343527\n28703736\n23146977\n30037030\n23806024",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Treatment with the herbal formulation Eefooton slows the progression of chronic kidney disease: A case report.",
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}