Type 2 diabetes is currently incurable, Chinese medicine belongs to the category of “thirst”, the treatment is generally based on the conditioning of the body, improve symptoms and improve the quality of life of patients. It is recommended to consult a doctor in time to determine the diagnosis and treatment plan, so as not to delay the condition. Thirstiness is a disease characterized by excessive drinking, excessive eating, excessive urination, fatigue, emaciation, or sweet-smelling urine; the treatment of thirst in Chinese medicine is divided into upper elimination, middle elimination, and lower elimination; 1. Upper consumptive refers to lung heat and fluid injury (there is heat evil in the lungs, which continuously depletes the body’s fluid), the clinical symptoms are mainly thirst and excessive drinking, dry mouth and tongue as the main symptoms, the treatment is to clear heat and moisten the lungs (clearing the heat evil in order to moisturize the lungs), and to generate fluid and quench the thirst (promoting the generation of fluid to alleviate the thirst), and the prescription is to choose the formula of consumptive thirst; 2. Middle elimination is characterized by blazing heat in the stomach, with clinical symptoms such as excessive food and hunger, thirst, excessive urination and emaciation; the treatment is to clear the stomach and remove the fire (to remove the fire in the stomach), nourish the yin and increase the fluid (to increase the fluid in the body), and the formula is Jade Maiden Decoction. 3. Lower elimination is due to deficiency of kidney yin, with frequent and copious urination and turbidity like ointment as the main symptoms. The treatment is to nourish yin and tonify the kidney, moisten dryness and quench thirst, and the formula is Six-flavored Di Huang Pill. Chinese medicine treatment is also based on conditioning, and can not cure thirst disease; patients who are not clear about their own disease treatment can consult a TCM doctor in a timely manner to the hospital to identify the evidence to guide, follow the doctor’s prescription medication, in order to prevent delays in the condition.