The understanding of diabetes in Chinese medicine can be said to have a long history, as early as 500 years ago, it was recorded in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine. The theory of “Yin deficiency as the basis and dryness and heat as the standard”. It is believed that yin deficiency is the key to the development of diabetes, qi deficiency is the cause of persistence, blood deficiency is the main cause of complications, yin and yang deficiency is the trend of development, and dampness and heat obstruction is the change of evidence in the course of the disease. They are effective in improving symptoms, lowering blood sugar and stopping or delaying the development of complications. It has initially shown the great advantages of Chinese medicine and has attracted attention at home and abroad. 1. Pay attention to the overall conditioning and treatment by evidence. Chinese medicine believes that diabetes occurs on the basis of yin deficiency, coupled with a lack of diet, the preference for fatty, sweet and thick taste, emotional disorders, excessive exertion and other external factors, the internal organs involve the liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, kidney and stomach, therefore, in the treatment of yin and yang balance, overall regulation, so as to restore the function of the pancreas, play a two-way regulation, both to reduce sugar, but also to prevent; Chinese medicine treatment of diabetes, pay attention to evidence-based treatment, adhere to the principle of individualized treatment, according to the patient, according to the patient’s health. The principle of individualized treatment is adhered to, and different treatments and methods are adopted according to patients’ different physiques, symptoms, and even different seasons and living environments. 2.Improvement of symptoms is obviously one of the major advantages of treatment, such as: polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, weakness, numbness of limbs, edema,, etc., can be rapidly reduced or disappeared after taking Chinese medicine, and when combined with western hypoglycemic drugs or insulin, it can obviously enhance its hypoglycemic effect and reduce its dosage and side effects. 3.Treatment means are abundant, in recent years, acupuncture, tui na, massage, external treatment method, etc. have emerged in the treatment of diabetic disease, and play a certain therapeutic role in the treatment of diabetes and its complications. 4, the chronic complications have significant curative effect, such as diabetic nephropathy, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic fundopathy, etc., Chinese medicine can effectively treat and curb the development of chronic complications of diabetes.