1 .Mr .Man, male, 48 years old . He suffered from Diabetes mellitus for many years . The laboratory tests of the Railway Hospital showed:
fasting blood sugar 14 .7 mmol / L, urine sugar + + + . The present symptoms were excessive thirst with desire for drink, micturition, polyphagia, easy hungry, progressive emaciation, lack of strength, dizziness, palpitation, dry stools, insomnia, dreamful , thin and whitish
coating, rapid pulse with non-full nature by heavy pressure . It belonged to pattern of deficiency of both qi and yin, insufficient essence and blood, asthenia of internal organs . he therapeutic method was supposed to benefit qi and yin, nourish liver and kidney , tonify heart and
spleen . The medicines selected were Huangqi 30 g, Dangshen 10 g, Maimendong 10 g , Shanyao 18 g, Wuweizi 10 g, Xuanshen 12 g, Wumei 4 .5 g , Lü douyi 12 g, Tianhuafen 12 g, Shanzhuyu 12 g, Sangpiaoxiao 10 g, Yuanzhi 10 g, Heshouwu 15 g, Fuling 10 g , Shengdihuang 12 g .
After seven doses, the symptoms of thirst urination, appetite and sleep were improved, and hmental state was better . The fasting blood sugar lowere to 8 .6mmol / L .Urine sugar lowered to one + . The same prescription was repeated for 7 10 doses .
2 .Mr .Gu, male, 56 years old . He suffered from Diabetes mellitus for many years . The patient manifested such symptoms as thirst with a de-
sire to take fluids, polyphagia, greasy urination, loss spirit, lack of strength, elevated blood sugar and urine sugar , reddish and moist tongue, large pulse in three regions . The diagnosis of Diabetes mellitus was confirmed by Tangshan Hospital . The medicines selected were Xidang shen 15 g, raw Huangqi 30 g , Lüdouyi 12 g, Shengdihuang 10 g , Shudihuang 10 g , Huaishanyao 60 g, Wuweizi 10 g, Jinshihu 10 g, Tianmendong 10 g , Nantianhuafen 18 g, fresh Shihu 10 g, Maimendong 10 g .
After seven doses, the symptoms were improved except fatigue and dry stools . The medicines were modified as follows: Xidangshen 15 g, raw Huangqi 60 g, Wuweizi 10 g, Huaishanyao 60 g, Wancansha 10 g, Tianmendong6 g , Gualouren 10 g , Huomaren 12 g, Maimendong 6 g,
Gualougen 10 g, Danggui 12 g, Shengdihuang 12 g, Shudihuang 12 g , Roucongrong 18 g , Lüdouyi 12 g .
After 6 doses, the symptoms were improved, the blood sugar returned to normal . The patient was in high spirits, but fatigue on moving about . Then the patient was asked to take Jingui Shenqi Wan ( pill ) and Da Bu Yin Wan (pill) for 1 2 months to consolidate the therapeutic effect .
3. Lady Wu, female, 44 years of age . She suffered from Diabetes mellitus for many years, manifested by thirst with a desire to take fluids, over 3, 000 ml water per day , excessive digestion and easy hunger, over 1 , 000 grams of main food per day , frequent and profuse urine, emaciation, dry yellowish coating, taut rapid pulse . Fasting blood sugar 15 . 5 mmol / L, urine sugar ++++ . It belonged to pattern of yin deficiency of liver and kidney , flaring up of the stomach-fire . The therapeutic method was upposed to clear away heat from stomach and moisten lung first , and nourish yin to promote the production of body fluid assistantly by commonly used drugs of raw Shigao ( decoct previously ) , Zhimu, Huanglian, Tianhuafen, Lugen, raw Dihuang, Digupi, Baijiangcan, Zexie, Maimendong and Xuanshen . After 30 doses, the symptoms were improved obviously . The intake of water lowered to about 1, 000 ml . The intake of main food lowered to 300 350 g . The
amount of urine also decreased markedly . The stomach-fire is cleaned .Other symptoms are lack of strength, and peeled coating . So the therapeutic method was modified to nourish lung and benefit kidney in predominance, by taking away raw Shigao and Huanglian, and adding Yuzhu 10 g, Gouqizi 10 g, Shanyao 15 g based on the previous prescription . After 10 doses, the symptoms were eliminated basically, the urine sugar lowered to + + + , fasting blood sugar lowered to 11 .1 mmol / L .
4. Mr . Zhang, male, 69 year s old . The patient suffered from diabetesmellitus with pattern of deficiency of kidney , water qi retention due to yang insufficiency, manifested by polyuria, turbid and greasy urine, blackish complexion, soreness and feebleness of the lumbus and knees, chills and cold limbs, whitish slippery coating, deep thready pulse . The fasting blood sugar showed 12 .8 mmol / L . The therapeutic method was to warm kidney yang , induce fire to return to its source by using modified Shenqi Wan ( pill) with such medicines as prepared Fuzi 3 g , Rougui 3 g ( be decocted later ) , Shanyao 12 g, Gouqizi 10 g, Zexie 12 g, Fuling 12 g, Yinyanghuo 10 g, Tusizi 10 g , Buguzhi 10 g, Wuweizi 3 g, Shanzhuyu 10 g . After 50 doses, the symptoms were improved and blood sugar lowered to 9 .4 mmol / L . Thereafter , the patient took pills to stabilize conditions .
5. Mr . L i , male, a worker , 50 years old . He had a history of chronic diarrhea . In 1979 , he suffered from polydipsia, polyphagia and polyuria . His fasting blood sugar was 20 mmol / L, urine sugar ++++ . He was diagnosed as Diabetes mellitus by municipal hospital . The patient used to take orally D860, glisoxepide and glibenclamide to control the condition of the disease . Recently his condition was aggravated due to diarrhea . On November 14 , Mr . Li presented with the complaint of thirst but without desire to take fluids, frequent and turbid and scanty urine, diarrhea 6 8 times daily , fatigue, emaciation, abdominal distention, cold limbs, fasting blood sugar 14 . 9 mmol / L, urine sugar ++++ , deep pulse, pale and tender tongue with thin coating . It belonged to syndrome of deficiency of both spleen and kidney .
Therefore, the treatment was given to strengthen the spleen and tonify kidney by the formula composed of Huangqi 50 g, Dangshen 20 g, Baizhu 20 g , Fuling 12 g, Guangmuxiang 9 g, Huoxiang 6 g, Wuweizi 12 g, Shanzhuyu 20 g, Chaihu 9 g , Gegen 12 g, Mudanpi 20 g,
Cangzhu 6 g , Chantui 12 g, Xuanshen 12 g, and Sangpiaoxiao 9 g . After 40 doses on December 25 second visit, the patient had been discarded western medications . His diarrhea disappeared with amotion daily . His weight and strength increased . His symptoms of thirst, polyuria and cold limbs alleviated . The lab indices showed fasting blood sugar 2 .4 mmol / L, urine sugar + .His pulse is taut and his tongue is slightly tender . The previous prescription is modified as follows: Huangqi 50 g , Dangshen 20 g, Baizhu 12 g, Fuling 12 g, Chenpi 9 g, Wuweizi 12 g, Shanzhuyu 20 g, Chaihu 9 g, Gegen 12 g, Cangzhu 9 g, Xuanshen 15 g, Jineijin 6 g . These medicines are ground into
powder for oral use . After another 20 doses, the patient is visit again on January 15, All symptoms are disappeared with fasting
blood sugar 6 .7 mmol / L and urine sugar negative .His tongue and pulse returned to normal.
6. Mr . Zuo, male, 45 years old, Amer ican citizen of Chinese origin . He presented polydipsia, polyphagia and polyuria in March, His fasting blood sugarwas 11 . 1 mmol / L and urine sugar + + + , examined by a hospital in New York . Afterward, he kept on diet control and never had any medication . Later, He suffered from impotence and his condition aggravated day by day, so he is in low spirits . The patient was seen for the first time on November 11, manifested by the complaints of dry mouth aggravated at night, emaciation, tiredness, discomfort over the chest and hypochondrium, impotence, cold limbs, bilateral taut pulse, dark enlarged tongue with tooth prints and thin coating, fasting urine sugar is + + + + .The condition was diagnosed as deficiency of yang with stagnation of qi . The therapeutic method was tonify the kidney, strengthen the yang, benefit qi and sooth the liver with suchmedicines as Huangqi 50 g, Wuweizi 12 g, Shanzhuyu 20 g, Fuzi 9 g, Sangpiaoxiao 12 g, raw Longgu 30 g, raw Muli 30 g, vinegar – fried Chaihu 9 g, vinegar – fried Bai shaoyao 9 g, Cijili 9 g, decocted with water . After 15 doses, he returned to our clinic for the second visit . The symptoms of dry mouth and chest distention disappeared, fasting urine sugar negative, taut pulse, dark tender tongue .Based on the effective treatment, the above formula was modified as follows: Huangqi 50 g, hanzhuyu 20 g, Wuweizi 12 g, Fuzi 9 g, Sangpiaoxiao 9 g, raw Longgu 12 g, raw Muli 12 g, Jineij in (grinding into fine powder and swallowing it) 6 g, Cijili 9 g, Roucongrong 15 g, decocted with water . After 20 doses, his impotence was cured .Other symptoms disappeared .Fasting blood sugar was 5 .5 mmol / L, urine sugar negative . In answering his mail, he was asked to take Jingui Shenqi Wan (pill) for one month to consolidate the therapeutic effect .
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