Sodium salt control is considered a necessary measure for the treatment of various edematous diseases in Western medicine, and similar records can be found in the ancient literature of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Since its first appearance in Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies in East Jin Dynasty, description on salt control in edema treatment has been found in various works of clinical medicine and herbal pharmacy, all of which had documentation on short -time salt abstinence in cases of edematous diseases. Among the records, books written by Sun Yikui and Chen Shiduo and Golde...
