Patient's question:
My dad has diabetes, and he feels that the medicine he takes never seems to work. I was wondering if acupuncture can be used for diabetes?Doctor's answer:
Acupuncture is only one form of treatment, which means stimulating specific acupoints to enhance the effect of meridians. So, for diabetes, according to the current trial results, traditional Chinese medicine is relatively weak in this aspect of treatment because its half-life is relatively short. Therefore, even through acupuncture treatment, it cannot achieve the ideal effect. However, if you are using acupuncture to treat other diseases, then it is a different matter.