Diabetes Mellitus (DM)

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Hi all,

 

I was speaking to a doctor the other day about diabetes. He gave a

small talk on the differences between WM and TCM perspectives of

diabetes.

 

He said that historically diabetes in TCM was always diagnosed and

therefore treated in the late stages. Shang Ke, Zhong Ke, Xia Ke =

Yin deficiency + heat / Ying & Yang – The theory is not good enough

to treat the diabetes nowadays. Historically, weight loss, lack of

control all pronounced was the last stage – nowadays urine test,

blood test, check it early and catch it so it is a different

picture.

 

Is TCM's view of diabetes out of date? Or can it still be applied in

today's fluid analysis driven medicine? Can TCM compete with WM in

this syndrome?

 

Attilio