People keep complaining, “Why can’t a wound infection be cured? The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine – The Spiritual Pivot has “Although the disease is long, it can still be completed, and those who say it cannot be cured have not yet obtained its art.” The same is true for diabetic foot, and the main reason for thinking that the only way to treat it is to amputate it is to not find the right method. What kind of method can save limbs? First of all, the treatment of Chinese medicine is definitely not some Chinese herbal medicine or medicinal water rinse and soak, but the comprehensive treatment of Chinese medicine and surgery. For local wound trauma, the first step is to perform surgical debridement to clean out the infected and necrotic skin, muscles, blood vessels, tendons and bones. The main purpose of this step is to reduce the germ load and facilitate the control of infection, because all efforts are in vain if the infection is not controlled. Another is to provide conditions for the next step of TCM herbal ointment use. The topical application of TCM creams is a special feature, which is applied directly on the surface of the wound after debridement to improve the immunity and resistance of the local wound, to simmer the pus and produce muscle to dispel decay and pull out toxins, and to adjust the type of herbal creams according to the changes of the wound in time, thus promoting rapid wound healing and achieving the purpose of curing diabetic foot without amputation. However, although TCM has great advantages in wound treatment, Western medicine is also essential to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. Because wound healing is a slow process, TCM is very good at treating slow disease, but it is difficult to achieve the desired results for blood sugar, blood pressure, blood lipids, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and other problems that need to be addressed urgently, and this is where the advantages of Western medicine come into play. Why must Western medicine be involved? Only Western medicine can better improve the overall physical condition of the patient, and only after the overall health has been improved can wound-specific TCM treatment be effective, so only by combining the two can the ultimate therapeutic effect truly be achieved. So the conclusion is that although TCM has certain advantages in the treatment of diabetic foot and other slow wounds, it still needs to be combined with Western medicine to do so, and only by bringing the advantages of TCM and Western medicine into play can the final treatment achieve maximum results.