Diabetes has become a chronic disease killer that poses a great threat to the lives of people in Taiwan in recent years. Although it ranks fifth among the top ten causes of death in Taiwan, many patients with the second and third-ranked heart and cerebrovascular diseases are related to the complications of diabetes. Many studies have found that the combination of Chinese and Western medicine can effectively control complications, which may be worth a try for patients.
With changes in dietary habits and an aging population, the number of diabetes patients in Taiwan is increasing rapidly, becoming a prevalent chronic disease in recent years. The prevalence rate of diabetes among people aged 19 and over has increased from 5% in 1997 to 8% in 2002. However, is Western medicine the only path for treating diabetes? Not only does traditional Chinese medicine strongly advocate the use of Chinese herbal medicine to lower blood sugar and improve symptoms, but Yangming branch of Taipei City Hospital has also introduced a combination therapy of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, opening the door to the integration of the two medical systems.
In the treatment of diabetes with Chinese and Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine doctor Sheng-Pu Lee believes that the two approaches are not mutually exclusive. Even patients who have already received insulin injections can use Chinese herbal medicine to regulate blood sugar and achieve the preventive effect of complications. His clinical experience has shown that although not every patient’s blood sugar can be quickly controlled and stabilized after switching to Chinese medicine, the occurrence of low blood sugar has improved significantly.
The reason lies in the fact that in the treatment of diabetes, traditional Chinese medicine not only focuses on the activation of insulin cells, but also pays attention to the regulation of liver function and peripheral blood circulation, and achieves the effects of nourishing blood and hormones by tonifying the kidney.
Does nourishing the kidney have anything to do with treating diabetes? According to Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, diabetes is actually a chronic aging process in the body. Therefore, how to delay aging has become the focus of traditional Chinese medicine in treating diabetes. In contrast to Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine believes that the function of the kidney is not only to filter out the impurities in the blood and excrete them, but also related to the male and female hormones and is the main control of the hormone system in the body, which affects the key factors of aging.
So, in the treatment of diabetes, according to Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee, the first step in Chinese medicine is to focus on “strengthening the spleen”, followed by “nourishing the liver”, then “warming the kidney”, and finally “transforming qi”. The so-called “transforming qi” is the process of converting blood sugar into energy and improving peripheral blood circulation. It is a comprehensive and interconnected process, rather than just focusing on controlling high or low blood sugar levels. Especially since there are many complications of diabetes,Dr. Sheng-Pu Lee emphasizes that it is important to prevent kidney failure, renal inflammation, peripheral tissue necrosis, limb numbness, vascular sclerosis, macular degeneration and so on, and that the integration of Chinese and Western medicine can provide more comprehensive care.
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Originally from: Health.chinatimes.com
Health Chinatimes/ Reporter Jun-Kai Chen reports 2009.09.14
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