Chronic Renal Failure is a severe disease commonly seen in clinic. In recent years the percentage of people with chronic renal failure in Taiwan has been gradually increasing. Although the standard treatment with dialysis substantially helps the patient's condition, there are still a large percentage of patients developing uremia and the death rate among people with chronic renal failure is very high. For this reason using Chinese medicine to prevent and treat chronic renal failure is becoming more and more crucial. After many years of clinical practice using Chinese medicinal herbs to treat chronic renal failure I have accumulated an abundance of experience. Research on the etiology, pathomechanisms, classification and treatment methods (including oral administration, external application and combination therapy) of chronic renal failure has demonstrated that using Chinese medicine to treat chronic renal failure improves the quality of life, increases the survival rate, prevents deterioration of the patients condition and reduces complications.