Diabetes Type Ii

"Diabetes Type Ii" Issue / Symptom Connections

Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for diabetes type ii.

Content Related to Diabetes Type Ii

It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "diabetes type ii" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "diabetes type ii" - i.e. the "cause(s)".

For non-practitioners, we recommend reading treating the "cause" and not the "symptoms" for more on the overall approach and the importance of the TCM diagnostic system in formulating treatment approaches.

Within TCM, "diabetes type ii" is potentially related to one or more of the following diagnostic patterns: blood stagnation, heart qi deficiency, heart yin deficiency, kidney qi deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, kidney yin deficiency, lung qi deficiency, lung yin deficiency, stomach fire, stomach qi deficiency, and/or stomach yin deficiency.

The above patterns are common examples. In clinical situations, however, there are any number of other possibilities. Many times there will be a layered combination of patterns in an interwoven blend with their symptoms - some being the cause of an issue and the result of another issue. While initially complex, this is illustrative of the the web of relationships that Chinese Medicine is designed to approach.

Related Acupuncture Protocols

When developing an acupuncture protocol a practitioner is very often focusing on the causal diagnoses in Chinese Medicine terms, not on the condition itself. To illustrate and guide developing an acupuncture treatment for someone experiencing diabetes type ii, this issue is referenced in the following acupuncture protocol section:

• View EX Huatuojiaji at T8 (Sides of Spine at T8)
  
      .5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous processes of T8
  
      T8 (Left) innervates the esophagus and is used for conditions such as reflux and a range of digestive issues worsened by poor diet and drinking too many fluids with meals.  Also useful as support points for leg and foot problems. T8 (Righ…
• View ST 36 (Leg Three Li)
  
      3 cun below ST 35, one finger width lateral from the anterior border of the tibia.
  
      Tonify deficient Qi a/or Blood. Tonify Wei Qi and Qi overall - low immunity, chronic illness, poor digestion, general weakness, particularly with moxibustion, very important acupuncture point for building and maintaining overall health. …