Abstract: This paper presents textual research done on the TCM disease names related to diabetic nephropathy,based on available literature and clinical experience.The authors point out that diabetic nephropathy is closely related to "kidney consumption",which,if manifested by edema,can be diagnosed as "diabetes-edema";diabetic nephropathy with insufficiency of kidney function can be called "diabetes-kidney exhaustion";diabetic nephropathy at the late stage with kidney failure and uremia can be called "diabetes-obstruction and rejection".