Analysis: The combination of Chinese and Western medicine to prevent and treat diabetes has been booming in the society and media, and the diabetes treatment instrument invented according to the meridian theory of Chinese medicine, or qigong treatment of diabetes, “pure Chinese medicine” hypoglycemic drugs to cure diabetes, etc. Unscrupulous businessmen under the banner of Chinese medicine have made a fortune, and patients have spent money in vain and delayed their illness. This situation makes the general public have a negative impact on the combination of Chinese and Western medicine to prevent and treat diabetes, one-sided exaggeration or denial of the efficacy of Chinese medicine is extremely harmful, the correct and objective evaluation of the effect of the combination of Chinese and Western medicine to treat diabetes is necessary. Objective evaluation of Chinese medicine for the treatment of diabetes: Advantages: 1. Thousands of years of Chinese medicine on the life conditioning and treatment of thirst disease and the understanding of the changes of the disease can be learned; 2. “This is conducive to the treatment and recuperation of chronic diseases, especially the prevention and treatment of chronic complications of diabetes; 3, overall regulation and evidence-based treatment can eliminate or alleviate the disturbing factors of blood glucose metabolism; 4, minimal toxic side effects. Most of the medication has tonic and health effects. Disadvantages: 1. The strength of lowering blood sugar is weaker than that of western medicine; 2. The “Chinese medicine market” is mixed and complicated. Some patients have misunderstandings about Chinese medicine for diabetes: 1. As long as it is Chinese medicine, it can be taken without fear of toxic side effects; 2. As long as it is a tonic, it is harmless to the body; 3. Misinformation of patients by self-medication promoters: 1. Western medicine treats the symptoms, while Chinese medicine treats the root cause, so Chinese medicine can cure diabetes; 2. Misunderstanding of TCM terminology by patients: 1. About the innate essence of “kidney”: Although people are not clear about TCM theory, they have a deep-rooted understanding of “kidney is the root of life”. Therefore, as long as the drug description suggests “caution for people with renal insufficiency” is very nervous, in fact, Chinese medicine and Western medicine are two different theoretical systems, the concept of the kidney is not the same. In Western medicine, the kidneys are part of the urinary system and are very compensatory, while in Chinese medicine, the kidneys are the root of the innate nature, store essence, produce marrow, fill the brain, main bone, main reproduction, growth and development, and are the origin of the original power of life activities. In fact, Chinese medicine is not necessarily for urinary tract diseases; similarly, the so-called “kidney insufficiency” in Western medicine is not the “kidney deficiency” in Chinese medicine. The instructions of some anti-diabetic drugs emphasize that the drug is mainly excreted through the kidneys, so the application of renal insufficiency will increase the burden on the kidneys and may cause hypoglycemia due to the accumulation of the drug, so care should be taken to use it under the guidance of a doctor. Patients with no kidney damage can use it, and there is no progressive damage. 2, about the “back of the day” spleen and stomach: some people believe that you must eat well to be strong. Chinese medicine believes that diet is the material basis of the body’s life activities, but diet must be transformed into water and grain essence and transferred to all parts of the body, in order to be hidden in the organs, as the material basis for their functions. Without the above prerequisites, tangible evil will be formed, affecting the rise and fall of qi, and leading to disease. Diabetes itself is a metabolic disorder, so it is even more important to protect and cherish the function of the spleen and stomach, and not to eat more than necessary. From the Western medicine, diabetic patients eat more, it is inevitable to stimulate the already damaged pancreatic islets, increasing its workload, making the pancreatic islet function even weaker, and aggravate the disease. 3, about the “cure to seek the root”: “cure must seek the root” is one of the principles of treatment in Chinese medicine. The root of the disease is relative to the symptoms of the disease, the root of the disease and the symptoms of the disease are a pair of relative concepts, different categories have different meanings, weighing “treating the symptoms” and “treating the root” is the need for treatment. The root of the disease is not the “root of the disease” as some people understand it, i.e., “Chinese medicine can only cure the root of the disease, Western medicine is only symptomatic treatment”. In fact, for many diseases, Western medicine is difficult to cure, and Chinese medicine is also very difficult to treat. Modern medicine considers diabetes to be a lifelong disease, and similarly, Chinese medicine cannot achieve a complete cure. Through life conditioning, medication, or even just life conditioning, some patients, especially those with first diagnosis of diabetes, can have their blood sugar well controlled, but not cured.