Astragalus for Chronic Kidney Disease

A 2024 study found that astragalus, in addition to standard care, significantly reduced the progression of chronic kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease stages 2 or 3 compared to control over 48 weeks. Of note, there were more adverse events with astragalus. Astragalus may cause gastrointestinal or other side effects.

Chan KW, Kwong ASK, Tsui PN, Chan GCW, Choi WF, Yiu WH, Cheung SCY, Wong MMY, Zhang ZJ, Tan KCB, Lao L, Lai KN, Tang SCW; READY and SCHEMATIC research group. Add-on astragalus in type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease: A multi-center, assessor-blind, randomized controlled trial. Phytomedicine. 2024 Jul 25;130:155457. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2024.155457. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38810556.