Diabetes results from the bodies inability to regulate blood sugar as a result of dietary, lifestyle and/or genetic factors. It is broken down into type-1 diabetes and type-2 diabetes. Type-1 is the result of an auto-immune reaction where the body attacks the cells that produce the hormone insulin, which the cells of the body use to take up glucose from the blood. Type-2 diabetes results from the combination of high blood sugar, insulin resistance and insulin deficiency. Type-2 diabetes is formally known as adult onset diabetes because it was mainly found in adults and is now being found in younger populations due to increased sedentary lifestyles. It is a disease that can be easily avoided/and managed through proper diet and exercise. Both types result in poor circulation of blood due to increased concentrations of sugar crystals and/or ketone-bodies in the blood. Treatments vary between patients and it is there for recommended to get an individual assessment by a primary healthcare provider.
With diabetes becoming more prevalent in today’s society, patients need to know that there are alternative therapies that can help prevent and/or manage the disease and its negative effects on the body. In Chinese medicine you can have a whole body approach to treatment using acupuncture, herbs, diet therapy, moxibustion, massage and foot reflexology. By increasing the circulation of blood and activating the nerves acupuncture,moxibustion, massage and foot reflexology work wonders on diabetic neuropathy. With herbs and dietary therapy patients can strengthen revive their vital organs.
[...] harrismiller wrote an interesting post today. Here’s a quick excerptDiabetes results from the bodies inability to regulate blood sugar as a result of dietary, lifestyle and/or genetic factors. It is broken down into btype/b-b1 diabetes/b and type-2 diabetes. Type-1 is the result of an auto-immune reaction … [...]
…and we MUST convince people to cut down on all the sources of sugar – especially high fructose corn syrup and alcohol. There’s just too much of it in the modern diets. People have to understand that acupuncture and other Chinese medicine will only work if they create an environment in their body that will help FACILITATE the healing. Education is SO important. Education, along with alternative medicine, (in my humble opinion) could probably fix 90% of the health problems that exist.
-Loretta Wollering
http://www.TaiChiGala.com
Yes, I couldn’t agree more. The patient could use the information and motivation they get from this combination of patient education and alternative medicine, to heal them self.
Virgil T Miller LAc
Great post – thanks. Chinese medicine, and acupuncture especially, is getting much more accepted in the West, but a lot of people still aren’t sure what it can be used for. For chronic conditions such as diabetes it can be a very effective treatment.
Thank you for writing about this topic. I’m going to start a listing of people that can write about this, please email me.
there is a rising incidence of Diabetes these days and you can blame high sugar diet and a lifestyle that is low on physical activities.
there is a rising incidence of Diabetes these days and you can blame high sugar diet and a lifestyle that is low on physical activities.
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