Diabetes is increasing! Facing the critical situation, how should we respond?
Taking an overview of ancient and modern practices in the prevention and treatment of diabetes, combined with the results of modern medical research, and following the new findings of several large international evidence-based medical studies, I believe that the key to the treatment of diabetes today, especially type 2 diabetes, is – to protect islet cell function, and the core is to prevent and control complications! The goal is to prolong life. To this end, we propose that we must do three things: we must lower the sugar standard, but must be people-oriented; we must combine Chinese and Western medicine, aiming to treat both the symptoms and the root cause; we must “prevent the disease before it happens”, and “health care” throughout the whole process of preventing and treating diabetes!
First, people-oriented, sugar reduction to achieve the standard glycated hemoglobin is one of the main indicators reflecting good or bad blood sugar control, and is currently respected as the “golden indicator”. Long-term hyperglycemia will lead to increased microvascular and macrovascular complications in diabetic patients. The UK Diabetes Prospective Study found that for every 1% reduction in glycosylated hemoglobin, diabetes-related mortality decreased by 21% and myocardial infarction by 14%. It can be seen that to fight against diabetes, sugar reduction must meet the standard.
The crux of type 2 diabetes is complications! If diabetes does not have complications, it will not be a disease. Since the application of insulin, the severity of diabetes is not determined by whether it is type 1 or type 2, but rather by the number of complications, and the many hazards of diabetes are reflected through complications. Therefore, Western medicine believes that “the treatment of diabetes has now entered the era of complications”. Many people are treated according to the “five carriage” therapy advocated at home and abroad, and it cannot be said that the blood sugar control is not good, and the money is not less, the medicine is not less, and the food is counted every day, but why do complications still occur?
The answer is that the treatment of diabetes is not enough just to lower the sugar! It must be people-oriented, must be combined with Chinese and Western medicine, the treatment of the disease to seek the root, the symptoms of the same treatment, strengthen the treatment, comprehensive prevention and treatment of diabetes and its complications — this is the trend of diabetes treatment. Many of the complications of diabetes are based on insulin resistance. The reason for the unsatisfactory efficacy of western medicine in treating the complications is that the physical changes (insulin resistance) caused by diabetes have not been improved, and these lesions occurring in the whole body are the weak points of western medicine treatment.
In view of the fact that TCM treatment of diabetes is recognized worldwide for its unique advantages and realistic efficacy, the Harvard Medical School in the United States has also established a research institute for Chinese herbal medicine for diabetes. Modern TCM research proves that TCM treatment of diabetes is not just limited to lowering sugar, but acts on multiple links, levels and targets, and is a comprehensive prevention and treatment of diabetes, which is the embodiment of the greatest characteristic of TCM – to seek the root of the disease! The advantages of combining Chinese medicine, treating both the symptoms and the root cause, and strengthening the concept of treating diabetes are: the perfect combination of modern medical technology and the essence of Chinese medicine, breaking through the traditional misconception of blindly lowering sugar, and overcoming diabetes comprehensively. It reflects the advantages of treating diabetes continuously deepening and advancing with the times, and has the following characteristics: 1. Dialectical treatment: focus on overall regulation. Because of the combination of Western medicine and Chinese medicine, it has the advantage of clinical treatment mode. It not only reduces sugar, but also lowers fat, reduces weight, protects pancreatic islet cells, treats insulin resistance, and comprehensively prevents and treats type 2 diabetes and its complications! This overall regulation and multi-targeted action can significantly improve the quality of survival of patients, so it has the advantage of ecological large system medical thinking.
2.Different from person to person: flexible prescription medication. The disease has different men and women, different ages, different degrees of seriousness and urgency, truly reflecting humanistic care. It has the advantages of treatment method and drug selection.
3.Less side effects: the herbs are taken from the natural. Chinese herbs originate from nature and have been selected and used for thousands of years, with high efficiency, low toxicity and “green” advantages.
4.Multiple means: both internal and external treatment methods. Combined internal and external treatment, Chinese and Western, acupuncture and medicine, foot therapy, to achieve a comprehensive treatment effect. Chinese medicine treatment of diabetes has a history of more than 2,000 years, so it has the advantage of a long history of diabetes prevention and treatment and rich experience. If diabetic nephropathy appears with urine protein and edema, Chinese medicine can be used internally, medicinal bath foot therapy, Chinese medicine enema, acupuncture point attachment umbilical therapy, acupuncture to warm the kidney and diuretic, to eliminate proteinuria, lower urea nitrogen, inosine and eliminate edema.
5.Medicine and food together: focus on food nourishment and food treatment. Both enjoy the mouth and cure the disease. Has the advantage of drug economics.
6.Enhanced treatment: quick effect, rapid elimination of discomfort, lasting and stable control of blood sugar, restoration and long-term protection of pancreatic islet function. It has the advantages of “prevention and treatment” and reflects the characteristics of “treating the disease before it occurs”.
Third, “prevention before illness”, “health care” throughout the whole process.
The highest level of diabetes treatment is “the sage does not treat the disease and treats the disease before it occurs” – not to interfere with diabetes. According to Chinese medicine, “the sage does not treat the disease before it occurs” is the highest state of medicine. Research has now proven that type 2 diabetes can be prevented! A 5-year prospective study conducted by Chinese scholars in Daqing has shown that by actively intervening in people with reduced glucose tolerance, the development of diabetes can be prevented, and in some cases, completely normalized.