By Xiaotian Shen, M.P.H. Director of Clinical Training,Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin, O.M.D., M.D. (China), L.Ac. In the first century AD, the Greeks described the disease as “a melting down of the flesh and limbs into urine.” Gradually the Latin word for honey, “mellitus,” was appended to diabetes because of its link with sweet […]
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Categorie: Medicina Chinezeasca
Acupunctura si Diabetul
Metode atipice de tratare a diabetului de tip 2
Asocierea remediilor din plante şi acupuncturii cu tratamentul clasic este o practică tot mai obişnuită în menţinerea sub control a glicemiei. Ea duce în timp la reducerea dozelor de medicamente. Infuziile din plante, acupunctura şi tehnicile de relaxare sunt din ce în ce mai folosite în întreaga lume în combinaţie cu tratamentul obişnuit al diabetului, […]
Diabetes herb formula for overactive liver yang
Clinical symptoms: shortness of temper, dizziness, thirst and desire to drink liquid frequently. Red face and red eyes, dark urine, hard stool, red tongue with yellow coating, pulse stringy (xian) and fast. Sample of prescriptions: Formula: tian ma 6g, gou teng 10g, shi jue ming 20g (boil first), huang bo 10g, zhi mu 10g, shan […]
Herb Formulae for lungs and stomach heat is overactive
Formula: bai hu tang, xiao ke fang adjusted sheng shi gao 30 g, zhi mu 10 g, sheng di huang 15 g, tian dong 10 g, mai dong 10 g, tian hua fen 30 g, huang lian 6 g, huang qin 10 g, gan cao 6 g, ou zhi (lotus root juice) 25 g (added […]
Diabetes Herb Formulae for Qi and Yin Both Deficient
Diabetes sufferers of qixu (qi deficient) with yinxu (yin deficient) can further classified into four categories: 1. Heart and lung both deficient 2. Heart and spleen both deficient 3. Heart and kidney both deficient 4. Heart and liver both deficient General formula: sheng di, shu di, tu si zi, huang lian, tian dong, mai dong, […]
Treatment of diabetes with chinese herbs
by Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Diabetes has been described repeatedly in the ancient Chinese medical literature, and the disease has been treated with Chinese herbs for at least 2,000 years. In the Huang Di Nei Jing (1), the condition known as xiao ke is mentioned, and this […]