Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus by Acupuncture

• 作 者: HUANG Qin-feng QI Li-zhen LI Sheng XIAO Yuan-chun
• 机 构: Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shanghai, China, 200030“,”South Gulf Col
• 出 处: 针灸推拿医学（英文版）
• 发表日期: 2004年6期
• 关键词: blood sugar

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a syndrome characterized by abnormally elevated blood sugar because the pancreas does not release adequate insulin and/or the insulin does not work fully. In TCM, DM results from weak constitution and yin deficiency and dryness heat,belonging to the categories ofXiaoke and Xiaodan.