Talking about the prevention and treatment of diabetes from the perspective of “treatment with orchids

  With the development of the economy, the incidence of diabetes is gradually increasing, so the prevention and treatment of diabetes, is gradually put on the agenda. Modern medicine believes that diet, exercise and weight reduction can prevent diabetes, but due to lifestyle, work and other reasons, few people really do the above measures. Metformin and acarbose, although there is evidence-based medicine in the treatment of abnormal glucose tolerance, the effect may disappear after 3 months of discontinuing the drug.  Diabetes belongs to the category of “thirst” in Chinese medicine, and thirst is developed from spleen disease, so the prevention and treatment of thirst disease lies in spleen disease, which has been discussed as early as the Nei Jing era, Su Wen. What is the name of the disease? How do you get it? Qibo said: this five gas overflow is also named spleen (disease), the entrance of the five flavors, hidden in the stomach, the spleen and stomach of the essence of the line, fluid in the spleen, so the mouth dry, this fatty hair also, this person must eat a number of sweet and fat, fat people make internal heat, sweet people full, so its gas overflow, turned into thirst, the treatment of the orchid, in addition to the old gas. The “orchid” here has been discussed by scholars for many generations, Wang Bing said: “orchid taste pungent hot flat, conducive to the water, to prevent the ominous in addition to the Chen long sweet fat does not transform the gas, in order to pungent can be dispersed.” Zhang Congzheng cloud: “Huangdi Neijing” thirst treatment to Lan in addition to its Chen Qi, but also pungent and flat agent.” Zhang Zhicong is of the view that “the treatment of orchid is based on the taste of the accumulation, and the treatment is based on the stench.” In Jing Yue Quan Shu, it is also stated that, “To take Lan Xiang Ye, Bai Qi Hua, Huang Bai, Zhi Mu, and less to add Sheng Ma, in order to induce clear qi to rise and thirst to stop.” In recent years, most physicians believe that the word “orchid” in “treating with orchid” should be “pelargonium”, and that pelargonium and other pungent and damp products can dispel the stagnant and filthy qi in the body, so that the spleen can be transported, water and grain can be dispersed, and the five internal organs can receive moistening. The five viscera and six bowels can be moistened. It is a representative drug for the prevention and treatment of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus. 2. The aroma of Chen Qi to awaken the spleen should not be limited to Pei Lan, but can be chosen from Huo Xiang and Cang Zhu. .  However, the onset of achromatopoeia with three more and one less symptoms is not just due to internal blockage of Chen Qi, but is mostly accompanied by symptoms of Spleen deficiency. The Su Wen? The Spleen Qi disperses essence and returns it to the lungs; it regulates the water channels and transmits it down to the bladder. The organism is dispersed to the whole body by the action of the Spleen Qi, which plays its function of nourishing the five viscera and six internal organs. Damp heat for a long time can not help but burn fluid, plus damp heat hinder the spleen clear, fluid can not be transferred to the lungs, and all go to the lower, and see dry mouth, drinking, urinating, gradually wasting, thirsty hair. It can be seen that the root cause of thirst disease is the weakness of the spleen and stomach, so in addition to the prevention and treatment of thirst disease, in addition to Chen Qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach is also very important. Although the ancestral medicine, the formula for strengthening the spleen is as many as the hair of the ox, but the “Spleen and Stomach” in the Chen Pi Citrus X pill is more appropriate here, its function is discussed as follows, the old and young yuan qi weakness, diet does not eliminate, or the internal organs do not regulate the heart under the stuffiness. The hedgehog bran fried one or two, Chen Pi one or two, white atractylodes two or two, the great method of internal injuries, the precious serving of the strong people stomach gas, so that the stomach gas is thick, although fierce food, more food, heavy food and not hurt, this can use food medicine also. This medicine for a long time to benefit the stomach gas, so that not again hurt. In the formula of Atractylodes macrocephala, the original intention is not to take its rapid transformation, but to make the stomach gas strong, not to hurt again.  In conclusion, the main cause of the onset of diabetes is the over-eating of fat and sweet and the reduction of exercise, which is now an inevitable trend and a product of the progress of the times. Therefore, in addition to raising our own awareness, supplementary medication is also a good choice. Whether it is a person with abnormal glucose tolerance or a normal person with a tendency to diabetes, better results can be achieved from the above-mentioned theory of treatment.