Diabetes & TCM

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The following information is taken from The Web That Has No Weaver by Ted J.

Kaptchuk, OMD.

 

There are two names in Chinese for diabetes: The traditional term xiao-ke

which means " wasting and thirsting " , and the modern term tang-niao-bing

which means " sugar urine disease " .

 

What gets confusing is that the traditional term " wasting and thirsting

syndrome " can also include conditions that are not diabetes. In other

words, a person can have Wasting and Thirsting Syndrome and not have

diabetes though some diabetics do have this. And, someone who has Sugar

Urine Disease (diabetes) may not have Wasting and Thirsting Syndrome.

 

Wasting and Thirsting Syndrome is subdivided into 3 sub-categories depending

on which symptoms predominate. If the symptoms of " great thirst; drinking

of large quantities of water; dry mouth " with floating and rapid pulse

predominate, it's Lung Fire Upper Wasting and Thirsting.

 

If the symptoms of " large appetite and excessive eating; thinness;

constipation " with rapid pulse predominate, it's Stomach Fire Middle Wasting

and Thirsting.

 

In Kidney Fire Lower Wasting and Thirsting the predominate symptoms will be

" frequent, copious urination; cloudy urine )as if greasy); progressive

weight loss; dizziness; blurred vision; sore back; sometimes accompanied by

ulceration on skin or itching; vaginal itching " with sinking and, thin, and

rapid pulse. (A floating pulse is one that can be felt most easily with

light pressure on the wrist. A sinking pulse is one that can be felt most

easily with a lot of pressure on the wrist.)

 

" Deficient Yin is usually associated with all three types. "

 

Info from Web, p. 332.

 

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