Diabetes

Hypoglycemic herbs and their action mechanisms by HongXiang Hui, George Tang, and Vay LW Go Published in Chinese Medicine Journal (2009), accessed through BioMed Central Ltd. ABSTRACT Conventional drugs treat diabetes by improving insulin sensitivity, increasing insulin production and/or decreasing the amount of glucose in blood. Several herbal preparations...

20 March, 2013

Evaluation of blood stasis on tongue diagnosis associated with diabetes mellitus by L. Lo and P. Hsu From International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health 2012 Portland, Oregon, USA. 15-18 May 2012 Purpose: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of hyperglycemia and is associated with the increase in cardiovascular diseases...

10 March, 2013

Modern Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Diabetes Mellitus (Part Three) by Clinton J. Choate Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine, No. 60, May 1999 According to TCM, diabetes mellitus is classified as upper, middle or lower xiao-ke (wasting and thirsting syndrome) and is generally characterised by thirst,...

08 March, 2013

Modern Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Diabetes Mellitus (Part Two) by Clinton J. Choate Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine, No. 59, January 1999 There are two words in the Chinese language for diabetes: the traditional medical name 'xiao-ke' which means "wasting and thirsting", and the modern...

26 February, 2013

Modern Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Diabetes Mellitus (Part One) by Clinton J. Choate Published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine, No. 58, September 1998 BACKGROUND There is nothing new about diabetes; it has been a medical problem since antiquity. The name which was originated by Aretaeus (30-90 CE)...

26 January, 2013