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Apparently, some diabetics have
too high an expectation from traditional
Chinese medicine treatment
for
diabetes, so much
so
that they give up
the
orthodox therapy delivered
by
West-
ern medical
professionals.
This
may
affect
the
best control of their diabetes
and
may even endanger their
lives.
ln
fact, even Chinese herbalists also rec-
ommend dietary restriction on top of
herbal treatments (for mild diabetes),
e.9.,
"Restrict
too
much
dietary
rice,
meat and
fruits".
The
necessity
for
regular and appropriate exercise,
es-
pecially "taijiquan", was
also
emphasized.
Admittedly, Chinese
herbal
remedies
should
incorporate
modern management facilities
as
these
are complementary rather than
to
re-
place one
another.
Moreover, up to
now,
there
is no herb
that
can replace
insulin.
Hence, for
the more
severe
dia-
betes (that
may require insulin
for
life-
threalening
episodes),
to
rely
on herbs
alone
is
very
imprudent.
Nevertheless,
the
herbal approach
has its
own
prospects, e.9.,
it
attempts
to
build up
the
body
as a
whole
and, in
some
chronic cases, salvaging of tissues
at
fected
by
chronic diabetes may
be
fea-
sible
with
herbs.
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