Compiled by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

 CLINICAL OBSERVATION OF II-TYPE DIABETES TREATED BY NON-MEDICATION THERAPY

Written by researchers:    Cai Jun (Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of TCM, Beijing, China)

 Subjects and methods:

 1. Subjects

              27 cases of diabetes were under observation. Among them 20 cases were diabetes (type II) according to the WHO Diagnostic  Criteria. There were 8 males and 14 females and the average was 62 years old. They had constantly taken drugs to lower the blood sugar level and the condition was controlled to some extent. 2 female cases had depended on insulin. Other cases had been suffering from old people's diseases. 2 cases were males and 1 case was female. Their average was 71 years old.

 2. Methods

               (1) Observing index: Blood sugar content was measured before and after meals.

               (2) Course of treatment: It was 4 weeks in total. Saturday and Sunday in the first two weeks the patients did not take rest and in the latter two weeks, the patients took rest on Saturday and Sunday.

               (3) Exercises daily: Taiji gymnastic exercise for one hour; sole self-massage for 40 min; mediation for 20 min.

               (4) Criteria for effectiveness:

               Marked effectiveness: Symptomatic integral reduced by over 80%, normal blood sugar content before and after meals, or the index decreased by over 30%.

               Effectiveness : Symptomatic integral reduced by 50%--80% and the blood sugar content decreased by 10%.

               Failure: No change

Result analysis:

 1. Effective rate:

               Marked effectiveness: 9 cases, (33.3%)

               Effectiveness: 17 cases (62.9%)

               Failure: 1 case (suffering from prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc) (3.8%)

               The total effective rate was 96.2%. In addition, in the course of treatment hypoglycemia appeared in 4 cases, and obvious relief of symptoms was seen, then the dose of drugs was reduced.

2. Relief of symptoms:

               In the first week most of the patients found relief of symptoms, like thirst, preference for drinking water, spontaneous sweating and night sweats and constipation; in the 2nd week such symptoms as lassitude and weakness were relieved.

Source: World Medical Qigong Academic Society Conference

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