Diabetes mellitus belongs to the category of “thirst” in traditional Chinese medicine, which is better for lowering blood sugar, raw or cooked dihuang, is still unclear and needs to be researched.
Raw Dihuang is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, sweet, bitter and cold in nature, belonging to the heart, liver, kidney meridian, the role of hypoglycemia to be further studied.
Sheng Di Huang has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and generating body fluid, and is clinically used in treating symptoms of yin deficiency and internal heat, tongue redness and thirst, macular rash, vomiting and epistaxis, sore throat, etc. It is cold and stagnant in nature. Note that this product is cold and stagnant in nature, and should not be used for people with spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation, or with abdominal fullness and loose stools (thin and unformed feces).
Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata is a concocted and processed product of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, which is slightly warm in nature, sweet in taste, and has the effects of tonifying blood and nourishing yin, benefiting the vital essence and filling the marrow, and the effect of lowering blood glucose is still unclear and needs to be researched.
In clinical practice, it is usually used to treat symptoms such as blood deficiency and yellowing, palpitations and palpitations with anxiety (intense heartbeat and panic), deficiency of Yin in the liver and kidneys, tidal fever (a burst of heat, feeling that the heat is coming from inside the bones to the outside), night sweating (sweating abnormally after falling asleep, but sweating stops after waking up), spermatorrhea, and internal fever and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as overeating, excessive drinking, excessive urination, and so on).
Note that cooked dihuang is sticky and greasy in nature, hindering digestion, and should not be taken by those with stagnant qi and phlegm, dampness (too much dampness leading to fullness and discomfort in the spleen and stomach), or loose stools with little food.
To summarize, Dihuang can be used for treating those whose thirst is caused by dryness and heat in the lungs and stomach, while Dihuang can be used for treating those whose thirst is caused by deficiency of yin in the liver and kidney, and the specific treatment plan needs to be formulated by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner. If there is any discomfort, you need to consult a doctor in time and should not take medication without authorization.