温病理论指导治疗糖尿病的思路

Thoughts of epidemic eebrile disease theory in treating diabetes

糖尿病是现代社会发病率仅次于心血管、肿瘤的第三大疾病,常可引发严重的并发症。近年来,中医药防治糖尿病及其并发症,已彰显其优势。有研究表明,燥热、阴虚、瘀血、湿热、痰湿等为消渴发生的主要相关因素,而清热、养阴、润燥、祛湿等治法又是温病学中的常用治法,因此用温病学理论指导糖尿病的治疗,将会为其提供新思路及方法,现试对其分型并加以说明。

The incidence of diabetes is the third among all the common diseases, that is less than the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and tumor in the modern society. Diabetes can sometimes leads to some serious complications. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has shown its superiority in preventing and curing diabetes and its complications. Some researches have indicated that dry and hot, yin deficiency, blood stasis, hot and damp and phlegm retention are the primary correlated factors making the occurrence of consumptive thirst. Correspondingly, heat clearing, nourishing yin, moistening dry and dispelling dampness are the commonly used therapeutic methods according to the theory of Epidemic Febrile Disease. Therefore, the theory of Epidemic Febrile Disease will provide new ways and methods for the treatment of diabetes. The author will try to classify and explain this theory.