Diabetes mellitus belongs to the category of thirst in Chinese medicine, and nephropathy belongs to the category of edema in Chinese medicine. According to the different identification, thirst can be treated with Chinese herbal formulas such as Seven-flavored Atractylodis Macrocephalae Powder and Jade Maiden Decoction, etc., and edema can be treated with Chinese herbal formulas such as Zhenwu Tang and Shuozhu Drinking Seed.
1. Seven-flavored Atractylodes Macrocephalae Powder: Containing ginseng, licorice, atractylodes macrocephalae, poria, wood sorrel, Pueraria lobatae, patchouli, it has the efficacy of benefiting qi, strengthening the spleen, generating fluids, and quenching thirst, and it is suitable for thirst caused by deficiency of qi and yin.
2. Jade Maiden Decoction: containing Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Gypsum, Ophiopogon, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, and Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, with the effects of clearing heat in the stomach and nourishing yin in the kidneys.
3. Zhen Wu Tang: containing Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala, Radix et Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephala, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix et Rhizoma Zingiber officinale, Ginger, which has the efficacy of warming the kidney, assisting the yang and transforming qi to promote water circulation.
4. Shuo Chisel Drink: containing Pi Da Bu, Mu Tong, Poria Pi, Ze Xie, etc. It has the effect of diarrhea and water expulsion, and removes wind to eliminate edema, and is suitable for edema caused by dampness-heat congestion.
Thirst as well as edema there are other identification, such as the need for medication, please use under the guidance of a professional doctor identification.