What are the treatment methods for pig nephritis?

Causes: Nephritis is inflammation of the glomeruli, renal tubules and interstitial tissue of the kidney. It mainly occurs when affected pigs eat moldy feed and drink toxic sewage, or accidentally eat toxic plants; catching a cold or being chilled, or being kicked in the abdomen or falling and being stimulated, can all bring on the disease. Influenza, swine fever, swine erysipelas, foot-and-mouth disease and other infectious diseases, or severe gastroenteritis and pneumonia, can all cause secondary or concurrent nephritis.

Symptoms: The affected pig is listless, has reduced appetite and an elevated body temperature. Because of kidney pain, the back and loins are arched, the pig lies down more than it stands, and when standing the hind legs are spread apart, or it tucks them under the belly, unwilling to walk; if driven to walk, the hind legs cannot be lifted high. Pressing firmly on the kidney area causes signs of pain and restlessness. At the beginning of the disease the pig urinates frequently, each time passing only a little urine or urine in drops, and the urine is deep yellow or reddish-brown; in severe cases urination stops. As the disease progresses, edema develops on the front chest and under the belly, on the lower half of the limbs, on the head with the upper eyelids being especially obvious, and on the scrotum and other areas.

Treatment:

Formula 1: Corn silk 150 g and brown sugar 200 g, decocted in water and given orally.

Formula 2: Mole crickets fried until scorched 40 g, white mulberry root bark 80 g, old cucumber 500-800 g; decoct the first two medicines in water, and feed the old cucumber raw. Suitable for nephritis with edema.

Formula 3: Watermelon rind 2 kg and garlic 100 g; mash the watermelon rind and garlic together and let the pig eat freely.

Formula 4: Corn silk 1000 g and white cogongrass rhizome 150 g; decoct into a medicinal liquid and let the pig drink freely, finishing it within 1 day. Suitable for nephritis with edema and chronic nephritis; this formula also treats edema in sows in late pregnancy.

Formula 5: Catalpa fruit 20-25 g (fresh 30-40 g), decocted into juice and given orally in 1 dose. Treats edema of chronic nephritis.

Formula 6: Dried corn silk 40-65 g; decoct twice and combine the juices to obtain 500 mL of mixed juice, 1 dose per day, taken in 2 divided doses. Treats difficult urination and edema of chronic nephritis.

Formula 7: Catalpa fruit 16 g, weeping willow leaf 20 g, akebia stem 10 g, astragalus root 15 g; decoct together in an appropriate amount of water, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats nephritis with fever, difficult urination and edema.

Formula 8: Dandelion 65 g, Japanese honeysuckle stem 60 g, plantain herb 70 g; decoct in an appropriate amount of water, given orally in 1 dose, continued for 10-15 days. Treats difficult and scanty urination, turbid urine with blood, fever, lumbar pain and edema.

Formula 9: Kelp (ground into powder) 20 g, catalpa root white bark or catalpa fruit 10 g, corn silk 20 g; decoct into juice and mix in an appropriate amount, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats nephritis edema with protein in the urine.

Formula 10: Adzuki bean 30 g, eggplant 150 g, Sichuan pepper 5 g; mash together into a paste, mix with an appropriate amount of boiling water, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats nephritis edema and difficult urination.

Formula 11: Tea leaves 10 g, daylily 30 g, tofu 100 g; boil together until thoroughly cooked, and drench a large pig with it together with the soup in 1 dose. Treats nephritis with difficult urination and edema.

Formula 12: Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) and celery 100 g each, scallion 20 g; mash together into a paste, mix with boiling water, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats nephritis edema and difficult urination.

Formula 13: Broad bean flower 25 g, bottle gourd shell 100 g, sunflower stem pith (dried by roasting) 20 g; grind together into powder, mix with an appropriate amount of boiling water, and drench a large pig in 1 dose. Treats edema of acute nephritis.

Formula 14: Winter melon rind and plantain herb 50 g each, small thistle 20 g; decoct together in an appropriate amount of water, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats edema of acute nephritis, difficult urination with blood, and fever.

Formula 15: Acalypha australis 90 g, honeysuckle flower and bamboo leaf 20 g each; decoct together in an appropriate amount of water, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats edema of acute nephritis, difficult urination with blood, and fever.

Formula 16: Lysimachia christinae 30 g, plantain herb 35 g, pyrrosia leaf 20 g; decoct together in an appropriate amount of water, given orally in 1 dose. Treats edema of acute nephritis, difficult urination with panting and abdominal pain.

Formula 17: Motherwort 25 g, white cogongrass rhizome 35 g, common selfheal 15 g; decoct together in an appropriate amount of water and mix, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats edema of acute nephritis and difficult urination with blood.

Formula 18: Pyrrosia leaf 20 g and coix seed 5 g; grind together into a fine powder, mix with an appropriate amount of boiling water, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats chronic nephritis with a lot of urinary protein and edema.

Formula 19: Pharbitis seed 15 g, dried bottle gourd with seeds (charred and kept in its nature) 150 g; grind together into powder, mix with an appropriate amount of boiling water, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats difficult urination with edema and unsmooth bowel movements.

Formula 20: White cogongrass rhizome 200 g and motherwort 150 g. White cogongrass rhizome is sweet in taste; after decocting in water, let the pig drink freely; motherwort is bitter in taste, so feed it separately or give both medicines together.

Formula 21: Mulberry leaf and apricot kernel 15 g each, chrysanthemum flower 20 g, isatis root 35 g; grind together into a fine powder, mix with an appropriate amount of boiling water, given orally to a large pig in 1 dose. Treats the early stage of acute nephritis with difficult urination and mild edema, coughing, panting and fever.