Classic Chinese Medicine Formulas for Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus belongs to the category of thirst in traditional Chinese medicine and can be treated with formulas such as Jade Maiden Decoction, Seven-flavored Atractylodis Macrocephalae Pills and Six-flavored Di Huang Pills according to the symptoms of blazing stomach-heat, qi and yin deficiencies and kidney yin deficiencies. 1. Stomach heat: For the symptoms of stomach heat, such as excessive eating and hunger, thirst, and excessive urination, the treatment principle is to clear the stomach and remove the fire, nourish yin and increase the fluid in the body (to increase the fluid in the body), and use the Jade Maiden Decoction, which consists of gypsum, Zhi Mu (motherwort), Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata (cooked groundnut), Maidong (black glutinous rice), and Cow’s Knee (cow knee). 2. Deficiency of qi and yin: deficiency of qi and yin is mainly manifested as thirst and thirst for drinking, ability to eat and loose stools (thin and unshaped stools), or reduced diet, lack of mental health, etc., the use of qi to strengthen the spleen, to promote the production of fluids to quench thirst of the seven flavors of Atractylodis Macrocephalae, the formula consists of ginseng, Poria cocos, atractylodes macrocephalae, licorice, woodruff, Ge Ge Ge, Huo Xiang. 3. Kidney yin deficiency: frequent urination, turbid as ointment is a manifestation of kidney yin deficiency, the treatment is to nourish yin and solidify the kidneys, the use of six flavors of rhizome pills, the formula consists of ripened rhizome, cornelian cherry, Chinese yam, Poria, mudanpi, zedoary. The prescription must be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions to recognize the evidence, and if the condition does not improve, it is necessary to go to the hospital in a timely manner to avoid delays in the condition.