Can all diabetic patients take Six Flavored Dihuang Pills? Many diabetic patients take Six Flavored Dihuang Pills for their kidneys without going to the doctor because of back pain, cloudy urine, or even proteinuria. But he doesn’t know that the concept of kidney is not the same in Chinese medicine and Western medicine, the kidney described in Western medicine refers to the kidney in the human body. It is mainly an excretory organ. If there is urine protein, it means there is a complication of diabetes: nephropathy. You need to see an endocrinologist and nephrologist for regular treatment. It is not just the Six Flavored Dihuang Pills that will work. Besides, not every diabetic can use Liu Wei Di Huang Wan. The Six Flavors Dihuang Pill is made up of six herbs: Shu Di Huang, Shan Yao, Cornus Officinalis, Ze Xie, Fu Ling and Dan Pi. It has the characteristics of three tonic and three diarrhea: Shu Di, Cornus Officinalis and Shan Yao are the three tonic herbs, while Ze Di, Fu Ling and Dan Pi are the three diarrhea herbs, and the dosage of tonic herbs is greater than the dosage of diarrhea herbs, mainly for tonic. It is mainly used for symptoms such as soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, fever in the heart of the hands and feet, seminal emission and night sweating caused by kidney yin deficiency. In fact, there are many varieties of Dihuang Pill family based on the formula of Six Flavors Dihuang Pill with addition and subtraction, such as: Zhi Bai Dihuang Pill: Based on Six Flavors Dihuang Pill, it is made by adding Zhi Mu and Huang Bai to nourish Yin and lower the fire, mainly for waist and knee pain caused by Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency and fire. It is mainly used to treat soreness and pain in the waist and knees, false annoyance and night sweating, spermatorrhea, etc. caused by deficiency of yin and fire in the liver and kidney. Mai Wei Di Huang Wan: The addition of Mai Dong and Wu Wei Zi to Six Flavors Di Huang Wan enhances the effect of Six Flavors Di Huang Wan in nourishing yin and generating fluid, astringing the lungs and nourishing the kidneys, which is effective for patients with cough, asthma, hot flashes, night sweats and other symptoms of lung and kidney yin deficiency. Qi Ju Di Huang Wan: Based on Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, two Chinese herbal medicines of Chinese wolfberry and chrysanthemum are added to treat dizziness, tinnitus, dizziness of both eyes, blurred vision, dry eyes, and tears in the wind caused by deficiency of liver and kidney yin. Gui and Phyllanthus Dihuang Wan (Jin Kui Kidney Qi Wan): Based on Liu Wei Dihuang Wan, two herbs of cinnamon and Phyllanthus are added to warm Yang, which are more suitable for diabetes mellitus with Yang deficiency of kidney, such as dusky face, dry ears, sore waist and knees, cold limbs, abdominal pain, long and clear urine, loose stools and impotence. It can be used for patients with diabetes combined with retinopathy or cataract. However, the following matters should be noted in the process of taking: 1. The Dihuangwan family series is only suitable for deficiency diseases, and should not be taken by patients with actual diseases; 2. The Dihuangwan family series is a tonic formula for chronic deficiency diseases, and the effect is very slow, usually taking it for fifteen to twenty days continuously to have the effect, and of course the effect lasts for a long time; 3. If there are adverse reactions such as abdominal fullness, loose stools and loss of appetite, the medicine should be temporarily stopped and timely Consult a physician; 4. Before taking it, you must consult a Chinese medicine doctor, who will use it according to your condition to identify the evidence.