Patient's question:
Recently, I've been feeling uncomfortable and sometimes without appetite. I went to our traditional Chinese medicine hospital for a check-up. The experienced doctor said it was a lung-moistening medicine. He prescribed some traditional Chinese medicine pills for me. Here, I would like to consult what diabetes is.Doctor's answer:
Diabetes is the name given in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The comprehensive evaluation of symptoms includes polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia, weight loss, fatigue, and glucosuria. This disease primarily recurs in the lungs and stomach, with its fundamental pathogenesis being yin deficiency and body weakness, as well as excessive dryness and heat. Long-term uncontrolled thirst leads to the damage and consumption of yin and blood stasis, resulting in Qi and Yin deficiency, imbalance of Yin and Yang, and loss of nourishment. This condition can cause damage to Qi and internal organs, leading to carbuncles, boils, dizziness, chest collapse, epilepsy, deafness, limb pain, gangrene, kidney failure, edema, and kidney dysfunction. Other complications include stroke and loss of consciousness. The main characteristics of modern medical laboratory tests for this condition are hyperglycemia and glucosuria.