How does TCM Think about Diabetes?

How does TCM Think about Diabetes?

 

The studies have shown that there is a common ground among all kinds of diabetes,that is,the βcells of pancreas are damaged. The damaged βcells will lead to the quantity shortage of insulin or low quality of insulin which is excreted by pancreas and can bring down the blood sugar level. Thus the increase of blood sugar will be caused and further trigger diabetes. Form the point of TCM,the reasons for diabetes are innate deficiency,excessive eating and obesity,exhaustion and the seven human emotions(i.e. joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate and desire). These factors lead to deficiency,heat and stasis of the body. Diabetes is a reflection of deficiency of kidney-YIN,and represents dryness-heat of stomach and liver. It can further lead to blood stasis and stagnation.

 

 

How does TCM Treat Diabetes?

 

According to the basic pathological changes,that is,Deficiency of Yin and dryness-heat,of diabetes,TCM regards removing heat to promote salivation,nourishing Yin and supplementing the vital energy as its fundamental law, and clearing heat-fire,moistening the dryness-heat,producing salivation,invigorating spleen and replenishing qi,nourishing Yin and supplementing kidneys,activating blood and removing stasis as its commonly used method,together with complications and clinical manifestation, methods of warming kidney to invigorate Yang,clearing away heat and toxic material,moistening lung to arrest cough and clearing liver and improving vision will also be adopted flexibly in the process of treating diabetes.

 

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TCM Therapy for Diabetes

 

The treatment of diabetes mainly focuses on the repairing of damaged pancreas. According to the different conditions of patients,analyze and differentiate based on the theory of multiple -target-point of TCM Osmotherapy. On the basis of acupoints and meridians in TCM,under the action of electromagnetic field,the active ingredients can ne sent to the pancreas directly through relative acupoint penetration, and then activate and repair the insulin resistance(mutant) genes,reduce its susceptibility,increase the sensibility to insulin,thus recover the pancreas function.