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232 THE TREATMENT OF MODERN WESTERN DISEASES WITH CHINESE MEDICINEly take precedence over acupuncture in the long-term treatmentand maintenance of this disease.6. In Chinese medicine there is a mnemonic saying aboutdiabetes, “san duo, yi shao.” This translates as, “three polysand one lack.” These refer to polydipsia, polyphagia, andpolyuria combined with emaciation (i.e., loss or lack ofweight). Some doctors include weakness or lack of strengthin this one lack. This saying describes both IDDM andNIDDM. However, it mostly describes only the late stage ofNIDDM.7. Chinese medicinals which have a proven ability to lower theblood sugar include: Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus), Li ZhiHe (Semen Litchi), Yu Mi Xu (Stylus Maydis), Di Gu Pi(Cortex Lycii), Bai Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae),Cang Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis), Fu Ling (Poria),Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae), Gou Qi Zi (Fructus Lycii), He ShouWu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori), Hu Zhang (Rhizoma PolygoniCuspidati), Huang Bai (Cortex Phellodendri), Huang Jing(Rhizoma Polygonati), Huang Qi (Radix Astragali ), Mai MenDong (Tuber Ophiopogonis), Mai Ya (Fructus GerminatusHordei), Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng), Sang Ye (Folium Mori),Shan Zhu Yu (Fructus Corni), Shan Yao (Radix Dioscoreae),Sheng Di (uncooked Radix Rehmanniae), Tian Hua Fen (RadixTrichosanthis), Wu Bei Zi (Galla Rhois), Xian He Cao (HerbaAgrimoniae), Xuan Shen (Radix Scrophulariae), Yin Yang Huo(Herba Epimedii), Yu Zhu (Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati), ZeXie (Rhizoma Alismatis), and Zhi Mu (RhizomaAnemarrhenae). These medicinals should be used according tothe pattern discrimination.8. The following formula is for spleen, liver, and kidneyvacuity, qi and yin vacuity, replete heat (including dampheat), and dryness. This complex pattern is not infrequentlyseen in real-life clinical practice, especially in adults withenduring diabetes: Xiao San Duo Tang (Disperse the ThreeProfusions Decoction): Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum), 30g,Huang Jing (Rhizoma Polygonati), Bai Shao (Radix PaeoniaeAlbae), Shan Yao (Radix Dioscoreae), and He Shou Wu(Radix Polygoni Multiflori) 15g each, Zhi Mu (RhizomaAnemarrhenae), Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis), E Jiao(Gelatinum Corii Asini), Tian Hua Fen (RadixTrichosanthis), Mai Men Dong (Tuber Ophiopogonis), andDi Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii), 9g each, and Ren Shen (RadixGinseng), 5g. For upper wasting, add nine grams each of BaiHe (Bulbus Lilii) and Wu Mei (Fructus Mume). For middlewasting, increase the dosage of Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum)up to 50g and add 15 grams of Zhi Mu (RhizomaAnemarrhenae). For lower wasting, add 30 grams of ShanYao (Radix Dioscoreae), 15 grams of Gou Qi (Fructus Lycii),and 9 grams each of Han Lian Cao (Herba Ecliptae) andShan Zhu Yu (Fructus Corni).9. In China, three points are considered particularly importantin the treatment of diabetes mellitus: Qu Chi (LI 11),San Yin Jiao (Sp 6), and Yang Ling Quan (GB 34). One canadd Yu Ji (Lu 10) and Fu Liu (Ki 7) to this basic formulawhen there is excessive thirst, Zhong Wan (CV 12) and NeiTing (St 44) when there is excessive hunger, and Guan Yuan(CV 4) and Tai Chong (Liv 3) when there is excessive urination.Another approach is to add Guan Yuan (CV 4) for alltypes of diabetes and then Yu Ji (Lu 10) and Fu Liu (Ki 7)for upper wasting and thirsting, Zhong Wan (CV 12) and NeiTing (St 44) for middle wasting and thirsting, and Dai Mai(GB 26) for lower wasting and thirsting.10. Western MDs have known for years that insulin resistance(or inability to properly deal with dietary carbohydrates andsugars), abnormal blood lipids, obesity, and hypertensionincrease the risk of both heart disease and diabetes. Amongprogressive practitioners, this combination of conditions isknown as syndrome X. Syndrome X is a diet-caused hormonaldyscrasia which mostly affects middle-aged adults,causing them to feel sluggish both physically and mentally,especially after meals. Insulin resistance and the syndrome Xit results in is primarily due to eating a diet high in refinedcarbohydrates and simple sugars, saturated fat (as found inbeef), omega-6 fatty acids (found in vegetable oils), andtrans-fatty acids (found in margarine and foods with partiallyhydrogenated oils). In Chinese medicine, fatigue after mealsis primarily a spleen vacuity symptom, while overeating fatsand oils engenders both heat and dampness. Thus the coredisease mechanisms of syndrome X are spleen vacuity withdampness and heat. In real life, if there is spleen vacuity, thereis liver depression and vice versa. Therefore, in the overwhelmingmajority of syndrome X patients, there is also liverdepression qi stagnation which aggravates and adds to thespleen vacuity, depressive heat, and damp evils. When theseheat evils eventually damage the righteous yin of the stomach,lungs, and/or kidneys, syndrome X evolves into diabetes.ENDNOTES1 Pizzorno, J.E. & Murray, M.T., “Diabetes Mellitus,” Textbook of NaturalMedicine, John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, WA, 19882 Forsham, P.H., “Treatment of Type I & Type II Diabetes,” Townsend Letterfor Doctors. #53, Dec., 1987, p. 390-3933 Satter, D., “Diabetes Called Sure Fate for Obese People,” Los AngelesTimes, Sunday, Feb. 13, 1972, section C4 As the incidence of juvenile obesity has gone up in developed countries,so has the incidence of juvenile-onset diabetes. More and more of these casesare now due to obvious faulty diet, i.e., overeating sugars and sweets as wellas fatty, greasy foods.5 http://www.notmilk.comwww.notmilk.com/ailmenu.html andwww.notmilk.com/deb/011099.html