Dietetic Chinese Drugs for Diabetes (Image)

1) Oyster shell (Concha Ostreae)
This recipe is also named "Yijia Decoction."  Grind 60g of it into fine powder then add 600 ml of water, cook it until 200 ml is left. Take it warm.

2) Chinese yam (Rhizoma Dioscoreae)
This recipe is also named Single Ingredient Chinese Yam Drink.  Make a decoction of 1500ml with 120g of Chinese yam. Sip it warm as a drink at short intervals.

3) Mulberry (Fructus Mori)
Press the fresh fruit of mullberry to get the juice. Take 15 ml at a time.

4) Sarcocarp of dogwood fruit (Fructus Corni)
Make a con centrated decoction with 30g of sarcocarp of dogwood fruit and take it as a drink. The above-mentioned drugs are applicable to the type of deficiency and exhaustion of vital essence due to unconsolidation of the lower-jiao. They can be used either alone or in combination.

5) Snow pear (Pyrus nivalis)
Cut one sweet and juicy snow pear into thin slices and soak it in cool water freshly drawn from the well for half a day; drink it frequently.

6) Flesh of clam
Get the flesh from live clams and mash it; boil it in water until it is done.  Take it warm, several times a day. The afore-listed two recipes are applicable to the type of dryness of the lung and impairment of yin fluid.

7) Corn stigma (Stigma Maydis)
Put 30g of corn stigma in 1500 ml of water to decoct it until 700 ml is left. Take half of it at a time, twice a day. This recipe is especially applicable to patients suffering from Diabetes and Hypertension con-currently.

8) Wheat bran (Exocarpium Fructi Tritici)
Make gruel with wheat bran as food.  It is applicable to diabetics with obvious symptoms of vexation.