Traditional Chinese medicine is the medical treasure of the Chinese nation. It is broad and profound and focuses on the overall harmonization of the interaction between medicines. Chinese acupuncture and Chinese medicine can play a very good role in harmonizing the body. But Chinese medicine is not a panacea, and not all diseases can be cured by Chinese medicine.

Diabetes is a disease with many complications, long course, and serious harm to health and quality of life. Diabetes is mainly divided into type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an absolute deficiency of insulin and must be supplemented with exogenous insulin, that is, insulin injection, which cannot be achieved by traditional Chinese medicine. Because insulin is a biological preparation extracted through biological means. This is something that no traditional Chinese medicine can do.

However, type 2 diabetes is a relative deficiency of insulin. Depending on the severity of the condition, traditional Chinese medicine can be used as an auxiliary treatment, but it is not suitable as the main treatment. Although traditional Chinese medicine cannot be used as the main treatment for diabetes, it is indeed the main treatment and diagnosis of diabetic complications. Acupuncture, massage, and traditional Chinese medicine of traditional Chinese medicine have an effect that western medicine cannot achieve in improving diabetic neuropathy and circulation.

Traditional Chinese and Western medicine should not be separated in the first place, especially for chronic diseases. The effect of combined treatment of Chinese and Western medicine is far better than individual treatment. The best way is to go to a regular hospital and find regular Chinese medicine and Western medicine for treatment.

For now, neither traditional Chinese medicine nor Western medicine can cure diabetes, but can only control it. The harm of diabetes does not lie in itself, but in the complications it brings. So, what are the characteristics of Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine in treating diabetes?

The characteristic of Western medicine is that it has clear curative effects, especially in other aspects. However, Chinese medicine cannot achieve the hypoglycemic effect of Western medicine. The hypoglycemic effects of Chinese herbal medicine are auxiliary. But Chinese medicine also has its strengths. The most obvious advantage of Chinese medicine is the improvement of complications. Traditional Chinese medicine calls diabetes "diabetes syndrome". Sometimes diabetic patients' blood sugar has dropped, but they still have symptoms of polydipsia and polydipsia. This phenomenon cannot be explained by Western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine can use some Chinese herbal medicines to regulate yin, clear away heat, nourish the kidneys and remove dampness, and effectively improve the symptoms of polydipsia. In terms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, acupuncture, moxibustion, etc. of traditional Chinese medicine can also improve symptoms.

I believe that the treatment of diabetes should combine Chinese and Western methods and draw on the strengths of each.