WHY THE HEAT-CLEARING AND DIURESIS-PROMOTING DRUGS CANNOT BE SIMPLY USED IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC URINARY TRACT INFECTION? Li Xueming 李学铭 Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of TraditionalChinese Medicine, Zhejiang Province 310006 Urinary tract infection falls into the TCM category of stranguria, especially that of the heat type. At the initial stage of the disease, it often occurs as acute urinary tract