Diabetes mellitus can be categorized under the category of consuming thirst in Chinese medicine, and there is no such thing as the best way to regulate diabetes mellitus in Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine treatment of thirst is mainly to identify the evidence with medication, such as lung heat and fluid injury (heat in the lungs, continuous depletion of the body fluid) with thirst formula, stomach heat with Jade Maiden Decoction, kidney yin deficiency with six flavors of dihuang pills, qi and yin deficiency with seven flavors of white atractylodes, yin and yang deficiency with the Jin Gui Kidney qi pills, and so on.
1. Lung heat and fluid injury: symptoms of thirst and drinking, dry mouth and tongue, frequent urination, excessive sweating, etc., the treatment should be to clear heat and moisten the lungs, promote the production of fluids to quench thirst, the main can be served to quench the thirst of the formula to treat.
2. Stomach heat blazing evidence: symptoms such as excessive food and hunger, thirst and urination, emaciation, dry stools, etc., the treatment should clear the stomach and diarrhea, nourish the yin to increase fluid (increase the body’s water), can be used to treat the Jade Maiden Decoction plus or minus, should not be used in the case of loose stools.
3. Kidney yin deficiency: symptoms such as frequent urination, turbid as ointment or urine with sweet odor, dizziness, tinnitus, dry mouth and lips, dry and itchy skin. The treatment is to nourish yin and fix the kidney, and can be treated with six flavors of dihuang pill plus subtraction. If the amount of urine is turbid, add Yizhi Ren, Cuttlebone, Schisandra chinensis, etc.
4. Deficiency of both qi and yin: symptoms such as thirst, ability to induce drinking, ability to eat and loose stools (loose stools), lack of mental health, etc., the treatment should nourish qi and strengthen the spleen, and promote the production of fluids to quench thirst, and can be used to add subtractions to Seven-flavored Atractylodis Macrocephalae Pellet, which can also be combined with Shengwei Pellet to promote the production of qi, fluids and quench thirst.
5. Yin and Yang deficiency: symptoms such as frequent urination, turbidity like paste, sallow complexion, lumbar and knee pain and weakness, coldness (body cold), etc. The treatment is to nourish yin and warm yang, and nourish the kidney, so that the patient can be treated with Jin Gui Kidney Qi Pill with additions and subtractions.
It is recommended that diabetic patients consult a doctor in time, and be guided by the doctor to use medication.