Diabetes mellitus belongs to the category of thirst-quenching in traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine can improve the symptoms, but whether it can be completely cured depends on the specific severity of the disease, the patient’s physical condition, etc. In addition, it is recommended that the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, the effect is better. Commonly used traditional Chinese medicines include Quenching Thirst Formula, Jade Lady Decoction, Seven-flavored Atractylodes Macrocephalae, and Six-flavored Digoxigenin Pill.
Lung Heat and Fluid Injury (there is heat in the lungs, which continuously depletes the body’s fluids) is characterized by obvious thirst, excessive drinking, dry mouth and tongue, frequent and excessive urination, and so on. Treatment is based on clearing heat and moistening the lungs, generating fluids and quenching thirst, which can be treated with the Thirst Quenching Formula.
Stomach heat blazing evidence manifests as overeating and easy to starve, dry mouth and drinking, dry stool, frequent urination, emaciation, etc. The treatment is to clear heat and moisten the lungs. The treatment is mainly to clear the stomach, nourish yin and promote the production of body fluid, and can be treated with Jade Lady Decoction.
The symptoms of deficiency of qi and yin include thirst and thirst for drinking, easy to eat and easy to starve, mental drowsiness, weakness, and thinness of body. The treatment is mainly to benefit qi and strengthen the spleen, generate fluid and quench thirst, which can be treated with the addition and subtraction of Seven-flavored Atractylodis Macrocephalae.
Kidney Yin deficiency manifests as frequent urination, turbid as grease or paste, or urine with sweet odor, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, dry and itchy skin, dry mouth and tongue. Treatment is based on nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, moistening dryness and quenching thirst, and can be treated with the addition of Six-flavored Di Huang Pill.
Yin and Yang deficiency is characterized by frequent urination, turbidity like paste, even drinking and urinating, sallow face, emaciated look, burnt ears, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, lack of warmth of limbs, coldness and coldness of limbs, etc. Treatment is based on nourishing yin and warming yang, tonifying the kidney, dry and itchy skin, dry and itchy mouth. Treatment is based on nourishing yin and warming yang, tonifying the kidney and fixing astringency, which can be treated with Kidney Qi Pills.
The adverse reactions and contraindications of the above drugs are not clear. If there is any related condition, it is recommended to treat it under the guidance of a professional physician, and not blindly self-medication.