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Wang Fu-Chu1 Tai Yu-Chih1*
1Department of Chinese Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical
Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan
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The term "Diabetes mellitus"（DM） describes a metabolic disorder of multiple etiology characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia resulted from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. If left untreated, it can cause many complications. The standard treatment for diabetes is insulin injection and oral medication. Given that western medical intervention is known to have side effects and relapse is common upon drug withdrawal, it was hoped that Chinese medical treatment could achieve a longer lasting effect and lower side effects.
In the following month he was given only western drug, during a clinical examination in February 2015, presented with symptoms of dry mouth and thirst. In March of 2015, after his HbA1C level was found to be 12.1%, he was diagnosed with type II Diabetes. In the following month he was given a combined regimen of western drugs and Chinese pharmaceuticals. Because the patient hoped to control diabetes only through TCM therapy, starting in April 2015, he voluntarily concluded his western medicine treatment opting for treatment only by TCM therapy. The Chinese medicine diagnosis for was “wasting-thirst disease”with lung and stomach heat, kidney yin and yang vacuity, qi vacuity and yin vacuity. The treatment goals were clearing lung and stomach heat, supplementing kidney yin and yang, replenishing qi and nourishing yin. After treatment with a Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang and Ba Wei Di Huang Wan variant in powder form, the patient still complained of thirst. Reasoning that non-interaction of the heart and kidney had also induced diabetes, Coptidis Rhizoma capsule was added to clear heart fire. After using Coptidis Rhizoma capsule, the patient’s thirst subsided and in a subsequent check-up performed in June of 2015 HbA1C decreased to 5.4%. In October 2015, the patients HbA1C remained stable at 5.5%. From this case it is clear that TCM treatment is effective in the treatment of Diabetes.
Keywords：Wasting-thirst pattern, Ba Wei Di Huang Wan, Coptidis Rhizoma,
non-interaction of the heart and kidney, Traditional Chinese Medicine
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201.13中醫交通心腎法治療第二型糖尿病之病例報告
