Diabetes herb formula for overactive liver yang

By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

  Clinical symptoms:

Shortness of temper, dizziness, thirst and desire to drink liquid frequently. Red face and red eyes, dark urine, hard stool, red tongue with yellow coating, pulse stringy (xian) and fast.

Sample of prescriptions:

Formula:

tian ma 6g, gou teng 10g, shi jue ming 20g (boil first), huang bo 10g, zhi mu 10g, shan yu rou 10 g, dan pi 10g, ze xie 10 g, sheng di 10g,  shan zhi zi  10g, shan yao 10g.

Boil with water for about 30 minutes to make tea.

Adjustments:

If the patient has liver yin deficiency and is dizzy, add: bai shao, gou qi zi

If the patient has overactive liver heat, dry mouth and pink eyes: add long dan cao

This is the classical traditional Chinese herb formula. Do not confuse this with the pre-packaged formulae which sometimes are not pure traditional Chinese herbs and might contain modern prescription drugs.

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糖尿病辨証論治

肝陽偏亢型
 

症状：急躁易怒，頭暈目眩，口渴多飲，臉紅目赤，尿黃便秘，舌紅苔黃，脈弦數。
治法：濕陰潛陽。
處方：天麻鉤藤飲，知柏地黃湯加減
天麻 6克，鉤 藤  10克，石 決 明20克（另包，先煎），黃 柏10克，知母10克，山 茱 萸10克，丹皮10克，澤瀉10克，生地黃15克，梔子10克， 山藥10克 。
加減：
偏於肝陰不足，頭暈目眩者，加白芍，枸杞子。