Does Chinese rhubarb help with diabetes?

Many young people may not be familiar with Chinese Rhizoma Achyranthis Bidentatae, but for people with diabetes, it should not be unfamiliar to them. In the process of Chinese medicine conditioning, diabetics will use more Chinese rhubarb. The drug Huai Niu Xi itself can promote blood circulation and relieve blood stasis, and it meets the dietary requirements of diabetic patients and is helpful in the treatment of diabetes.

1. The efficacy of Achyranthes bidentata

1. Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis

This product is slippery and good at moving, and is good at promoting blood circulation and dredge menstruation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. Therefore, it is often used for symptoms of blood stasis such as amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, abdominal pain due to blood stasis after childbirth, abdominal masses and traumatic injuries.

2. Nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen the bones and muscles

This product can not only promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, but also nourish the liver and kidneys and strengthen the tendons and bones. Therefore, it is often used for symptoms such as pain in the waist and knees, and weak feet and knees. For those who suffer from liver and kidney deficiency, back and leg pain, and weakness, they can be combined with Eucommia ulmoides, Dipsacus asper, and Morus alba to enhance the effect of nourishing the liver and kidney and strengthening the tendons and bones.

3. Draw blood downward

This medicine is bitter and laxative, and can lead blood downward, conduct heat downward, and reduce the inflammatory fire. Therefore, it is often used for symptoms of fire and heat rising up, such as vomiting, epistaxis, headache, swollen and painful gums, and mouth sores.

2. Formula for treating diabetes

1. Prescription for treating Qi and Yin deficiency in diabetes:

Prescription: 9 grams each of Chinese Achyranthes bidentata, Polygonatum sibiricum, Pseudostellaria baicalensis, and Rehmannia glutinosa, and 6 grams of Radix Trichosanthis.

Preparation and usage: Grind into powder. Take 14 grams three times a day with water.

2. Prescription for treating lung damage caused by dryness and heat in diabetes

Prescription: 30g of Chinese Cyathula, 10g of Scutellaria, 15g each of Radix Lycii and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, 20g each of Asparagus, Radix Ophiopogonis, Radix Trichosanthis, and Japonica Rice, 8g of Raw Licorice

Preparation and usage: Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

3. Prescription for diabetic nephropathy with liver and kidney qi and yin deficiency and blood stasis

Prescription: appropriate amounts of Chinese Rhizoma Cyathulae, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Radix Rehmanniae ... Ophiopogonis, Radix Puerariae, Radix Trichosanthis, and Rhizoma Phellodendri.

Preparation and usage: Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

3. The magical effect of Achyranthes bidentata in treating diabetes

Use some medicinal materials together with Chinese Achyranthes bidentata to boil water for soaking your feet. The specific medicines are: 30 grams of Chinese Achyranthes bidentata, 30 grams of Chuanxiong, 15 grams of Gastrodia elata, 30 grams of Uncaria rhynchophylla, 10 grams of Prunella vulgaris, 10 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa, and 10 grams of cinnamon.