With the deepening of clinical research related to Chinese medicine, it is found that external treatment of Chinese medicine can improve the clinical symptoms of DN patients, improve the quality of life, delay the progression of diabetic nephropathy, and to some extent alleviate the adverse effects of drugs on the body, as the so-called "the theory of external treatment is the theory of internal treatment; the medicine of external treatment is the medicine of internal treatment.......", the external treatment method of Chinese medicine is also the same as the principle of internal medicine of Chinese medicine, according to the patient's condition, the diagnosis and treatment, the recent research progress of the external treatment method of Chinese medicine for DN is reviewed.

Wen Yan, Xiaohui Li. Research Progress of Chinese Medicine External Treatment in Diabetic Nephropathy. International Journal of Frontiers in Medicine (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 8: 68-72. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFM.2023.050809.

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