Patient's question:
Recently, I've always felt uncomfortable, 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'd 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 dry heat. Long-term uncontrolled thirst and damage to yin and blood, leading to stagnation and consumption, result in Qi and Yin deficiency, disrupting the balance of Yin and Yang, impairing the channel's nourishing function, and causing damage to Qi and internal organs. This can lead to conditions such as carbuncles, boils, dizziness, chest collapse, epilepsy, deafness, limb pain, gangrene, kidney failure, edema, and renal dysfunction. Other complications include stroke and loss of consciousness. The main characteristics of modern medical laboratory tests are hyperglycemia and glucosuria.