The Milestones of Diabetes In Traditional Chinese Medicine

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 […]