Can Chinese medicine treat diabetes? The answer is undoubtedly. Our ancestors have been treating diabetes since the time of the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, and have accumulated a wealth of experience. Specifically, the treatment of diabetes by Chinese medicine can be divided into the treatment of simple diabetes and the treatment of complications. For example, for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, the use of evidence-based medicine, combined with acupuncture, physical therapy, and external fumigation with Chinese herbs, can significantly improve the symptoms of numbness, coldness, and pain at the end of the patient’s extremities and increase the speed of nerve conduction; in terms of lowering blood glucose in diabetes alone, compared with Western medicine, Chinese medicine is slower to lower sugar. This is true, but the advantage of TCM lies in the overall regulation, paying attention to the individual differences of patients, so that the human organs are harmonized and the yin and yang are balanced. For example, in pre-diabetic patients with high blood glucose and not reaching the diagnostic standard of diabetes, early intervention with TCM can slow down or stop the development of diabetes. For example, in pre-diabetic patients with high blood glucose and who have not yet reached the diagnosis of diabetes, early intervention with Chinese herbs can slow down or stop the development of diabetes. Experimental studies have also confirmed that the hypoglycemic effect of traditional Chinese medicine on diabetic model rats is mainly achieved by promoting insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells and improving insulin resistance, while it has no hypoglycemic effect on normal animals and has the characteristic of two-way regulation to prevent hypoglycemia; herbal medicine for activating blood circulation can improve pancreatic microcirculation and enhance the function of pancreas in diabetic animals; acupuncture can lower blood glucose in hyperglycemic dogs, adjust blood Acupuncture can lower blood glucose, adjust blood insulin level, and raise low C-peptide in blood in diabetic dogs. Chinese medicine prevents and treats diabetes through flexible identification, individualized treatment, multi-target, multi-path, multi-level, overall regulation and comprehensive treatment to achieve the purpose of lowering sugar. Patient Wang, 43 years old, was found to have diabetes during physical examination, with fasting blood glucose of 7.3 mmmoi/L and 2 hours postprandial blood glucose of 10 mmmoi/. Upon careful inquiry, the patient had poor sleep, fatigue, mental discomfort, easy sweating, easy to eat and hunger, constipation, and self defecation once in 3-5 days in the past six months. The patient has a red tongue with little coating and a fine pulse. The patient has new-onset diabetes and does not want to take Western medicine, but wants to use Chinese medicine. The treatment is to benefit Qi and nourish Yin, moisten the bowels and relax the bowels, and supplement with tranquilization. Prescription: Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng 20g Radix et Rhizoma Dioscoreae 30g Medlar 15 Pollen 12g Zhi Mu 12g Gypsum 30g He Shou Wu 30g Citrus aurantium 15g Cistanches 30g Ghostly arrow feather 30g, and at the same time give dietary regimen: eat more lily, silver fungus, papaya, spinach, figs, chrysanthemum and other sweet and nourishing foods. After one month of conditioning, the patient returned to the clinic with smooth bowel movements, now defecating on his own once in 1-2 days, improved sleep, increased appetite, and stable blood sugar at 5-6 mmol/l. Patients with elevated blood sugar often have reasons, such as insomnia, constipation, excessive sweating, depression and other “unfavorable blood sugar factors”. In the treatment of hyperglycemia, TCM does not simply list some Chinese medicines with hypoglycemic effect together, but treats these “unfavorable factors” in a dialectical manner to improve these symptoms, so as to achieve the purpose of lowering blood sugar. Chinese medicine has the advantages of stable efficacy, no adverse reactions, regulating the internal environment of the body, improving the physical condition, reducing the insulin resistance, regulating the glucose and lipid metabolism in both directions, and adjusting the immunity of the body, etc. As a unique traditional medicine in China, the use of natural medicine to prevent and treat diseases by regulating the human body functions is in line with the modern socialized life of people who advocate “returning to nature”. “As a unique traditional medicine in China, the use of natural medicine to prevent and treat diseases by regulating the body’s functions is in line with the modern socialized life of people’s physical and mental needs, and is welcomed by diabetic patients. Clinical experience proves that diabetic patients who take Chinese medicine for a long time or intermittently have stable blood sugar, stronger resistance, and delayed or no chronic complications.