On June 3, 2017, Qingdao Jingkang TCM Nephrology Hospital welcomed a "special" patient — JEAN, a patient with diabetic nephropathy complicated by chronic renal failure from Belgium. JEAN stated that he had heard about President Wang Tiemin's exceptional medical skills while overseas, and he and his wife traveled across the ocean from Belgium to Qingdao specifically to seek treatment from President Wang Tiemin!
JEAN, 58 years old, of South African origin and currently residing in Belgium, is a businessman. With a 15-year history of diabetes, JEAN was examined at a local hospital over a year ago, which showed a glomerular filtration rate of 51 ml/min, leading to a diagnosis of "chronic kidney injury." Four months ago, JEAN's serum creatinine gradually increased, and he was re-admitted to a local hospital for treatment with unsatisfactory results. Subsequently, JEAN went to the Department of Nephrology at Aalst Hospital in Belgium for a renal biopsy, and was diagnosed with "chronic renal failure, type 2 diabetes, and grade 3 hypertension."
After a period of hospital treatment, JEAN's condition did not improve significantly. The doctors at the local hospital told JEAN: "Your kidney function cannot be restored; this disease is incurable!" Hearing this, JEAN and his family felt extremely discouraged.
Just when JEAN's family was worrying about his condition, a business friend of JEAN's learned about his illness and told him about a TCM kidney specialist in Qingdao, China — Wang Tiemin, who has been engaged in clinical research of integrated Chinese and Western medicine for kidney diseases for over 30 years. His therapeutic approach of "delivering medication to the Du Meridian, which is absorbed through meridians and circulated to the kidneys" has received full recognition from both the Chinese medical community and the international nephrology field, and has been awarded national patents and invention awards (National Invention Patent No.: 2003101146924). JEAN's friend suggested that he go to Qingdao Jingkang TCM Nephrology Hospital in China to seek treatment from President Wang Tiemin.
JEAN's renal function test results at admission
On June 3, 2017, JEAN arrived at Qingdao Jingkang TCM Nephrology Hospital accompanied by his wife. Upon admission, JEAN presented with fatigue, pitting edema in both lower limbs, back pain, and needle-like sensations in the extremities. Renal function tests showed: serum creatinine 288.8 μmol/L, blood urea nitrogen 14.18 mmol/L, and ultrasound showed slow blood flow in both kidneys.
JEAN's ultrasound report at admission
Attending physician Li Guodong immediately arranged a consultation with President Wang Tiemin. Based on the four TCM diagnostic methods, the patient presented with fatigue, pale-dark tongue with white thick greasy coating, and fine wiry pulse. The condition belongs to the category of "consumptive disease" in traditional Chinese medicine, with the syndrome of "spleen-kidney deficiency with damp-turbidity and blood stasis obstruction." The treatment principle was to "supplement qi and nourish yin, strengthen the spleen and tonify the kidneys." Western medicine diagnoses: 1. Type 2 diabetes, diabetic nephropathy stage IV, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic peripheral vascular disease; 2. Hypertension.
Based on JEAN's condition, President Wang Tiemin applied syndrome differentiation and developed a systematic treatment plan using the "Meridian Kidney-Protection Therapy." To achieve better therapeutic results, attending physician Li Guodong also arranged TCM acupuncture to open acupoints for JEAN, which helps unblock the treatment channels for the "Meridian Kidney-Protection Therapy" while also relieving JEAN's symptoms of back pain and needle-like sensations in the extremities.
JEAN's follow-up ultrasound report
After 21 days of systematic treatment with the "Meridian Kidney-Protection Therapy," JEAN reported that his fatigue, back pain, and needle-like sensations in the extremities had disappeared, the pitting edema in both lower limbs had subsided, and his weight had decreased by 5 kg. Follow-up examinations showed significantly improved blood flow in both kidneys, serum creatinine decreased from 288.8 μmol/L at admission to 265 μmol/L, and blood urea nitrogen decreased from 14.18 mmol/L to 10.02 mmol/L, indicating significant improvement in renal function.
JEAN's follow-up renal function test results
Patient's edema reduction of 6.2 kg
JEAN's treatment process
JEAN and his wife were very satisfied with the treatment results. To express their gratitude, they specially asked a friend to customize a banner reading "Superb medical skills like HUA TUO, Heartwarming service like Nightingale," which they solemnly presented to President Wang Tiemin and attending physician Director Li Guodong of Qingdao Jingkang Nephrology Hospital.
JEAN and his wife presenting the banner to President Wang and Director Li
JEAN sincerely expressed: "Everyone here is very kind and friendly. My condition has improved here, and for that I am very grateful to the doctors at Jingkang. Thank you all! I also hope that Jingkang Nephrology Hospital's 'Meridian Kidney-Protection Therapy' can help more international kidney disease patients."