What kind of diabetic patients are suitable to take Chinese medicine?

  1, the existence of diabetes symptoms: such as thirst, drinking, can eat but easy to hunger, weight loss, frequent urination, weakness, etc., Chinese medicine treatment of diabetes can significantly improve the symptoms of thirst, drinking, eating, easy to hunger, frequent urination; Chinese medicine may make a certain degree of blood sugar decline, for relatively light diabetes blood sugar may be controlled in the normal range, but long-term taking medicine to control diabetes is not very convenient, poor compliance; 2, combined with chronic complications of diabetes: (1) diabetic nephropathy: the patient may not have obvious symptoms in the early stage, and gradually appear swollen limbs, face, and even the whole body. (1) Diabetic nephropathy: Patients may not have obvious symptoms in the early stage, but gradually appear fatigue and weakness, swelling of lower limbs, face, and even whole body, elevated urine microalbumin/urine creatinine ratio, increased urine protein, in severe cases, can not lie down, thoracoabdominal cavity, pericardial effusion, no appetite, even nausea and vomiting, blood creatinine, urea The blood creatinine and urea are elevated. (2) Diabetic neuropathy: Diabetic neuropathy has a variety of clinical manifestations, such as peripheral neuropathy, numbness and tingling at the ends of the limbs, skin sensory disorders, decreased pain and temperature sensation, and slowed nerve conduction; diabetic autonomic neuropathy can appear as gastric discomfort, poor appetite, constipation, diarrhea. The diabetic autonomic neuropathy can be characterized by gastric discomfort, poor appetite, constipation, diarrhea or alternatively, abnormal sweating and urination disorders. These western medical treatment is not yet effective drugs, Chinese medicine can not only improve the above clinical symptoms, but also improve the nerve conduction speed, Chinese medicine has obvious advantages.  (3) Large vessel lesions: Diabetic patients often develop hypertension and dyslipidemia, which cause atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis or even occlusion of the lower limbs, coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, etc. Taking Chinese medicine can improve the symptoms of dizziness and headache, panic and shortness of breath, chest tightness and discomfort, chest pain, lower limbs not warm, painful limping, etc. in these patients.  3. With other diseases: No matter patients have diabetes-related or unrelated symptoms, they can be treated under the guidance of the theory of holistic view of Chinese medicine, such as insomnia, vascular nerve headache, depression, obesity, dyslipidemia, gout, etc., as well as combined upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, urinary tract, skin infection, etc., can be treated by adding and subtracting the evidence on the basis of the original treatment of diabetes. It has a very good effect and also avoids the adverse effect of these factors on blood sugar.