Hyperglycemia is classified as a disease of thirst in traditional Chinese medicine, and can be treated with medicines such as Quenching Pill and Six-flavored Di Huang Pill.
Some patients with thirst-quenching pills experienced mild nausea, vomiting, hypoglycemia and other adverse reactions after using the drug, and it is not recommended for pregnant women and lactating women. Six-flavored Dihuang Pill is composed of ripened rhubarb, cornelian cherry, Chinese yam, moutan skin, poria, zedoary, with the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, used for kidney yin deficiency, dizziness and tinnitus, lumbar and knee soreness (lumbar and knee soreness and weakness of the sensation), bone steam and tide heat (a burst of heat, feel the heat from the inside of the bone to the outside of the penetration of the heat), spermatorrhea, and so on. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this drug are not clear, and should not be taken by patients with cold and fever. Patients with symptoms of hyperglycemia are advised to seek medical advice from the hospital in time, and not to take the medicine on their own.