Since December 1978

renal homo-trans-plantation has been performed on 18 pat-ients in the Red Cross Hospital

Hangzhow

Zhejiang.Among these

10 cases were treatedby combined traditional Chinese and westernmedicine with good results.As an anti-rejec-tion measure

Panax ginseng was adminis-tered after 3-5 days intravenous infusion ofhydrocortisone or methyl-prednisone

and theeffect on reversing rejection and prolongingrenal graft survival was satisfactory.In addition

under conditions where ar-tificial kidney was not available

the uremicpatients responded well to colon dialysis withChinese herbs

“xiexia”（purging）therapyand drugs with the effect of“huoxue hua-yu”（promoting blood circulation to removestasis）.