Diabetes mellitus is a western medicine disease, in Chinese medicine belongs to the category of “thirst”; moxibustion treatment of thirst can be used lung Yu, stomach Yu, kidney Yu and other points.
Thirst is mainly manifested by excessive drinking, eating, urinating, and wasting away, and is divided into upper, middle, and lower categories according to the patient’s symptoms and degree of disease, and treatment is based on clearing away heat and moistening dryness, nourishing Yin and generating fluids.
1. Lung Yu is 1.5 inches away from the 10th vertebrae in the back, which is effective in nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing away heat and replenishing the deficiency, and can treat the upper elimination of lung dryness and coughing, shortness of breath, and nighttime sweating.
2. Stomach Yu belongs to the foot solar bladder meridian, in the back of the 17th vertebrae under the spinous process, next to 1.5 inches. This point is used for treating pain in the stomach and epigastric region (pain in the area of the stomach near the heart socket), vomiting, abdominal distension, intestinal sounds, excessive food and hunger in the middle of the day, and emaciation of the body.
3. Kidney Yu is 1.5 inches below the spinous process of the 19th vertebrae in the back, next to it. It has the effect of warming the yuanyang, benefiting the kidneys, strengthening the waist, strengthening the spleen, and benefiting the qi, and it can treat dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, lumbar soreness, sweet-smelling urine, fatigue, dryness of the skin, and itching in the middle of elimination of diseases.
The above acupuncture points are for reference only, the specific use of acupuncture points should be prescribed and operated by a physician after identification, it is not recommended that patients operate on their own to avoid burns.