Traditional Chinese medicine believes how to prevent diabetes for the elderly

To prevent diabetes in the elderly, Chinese medicine needs to regulate yin and yang, strengthen the spleen and kidney, and the key points are diet control, sports guidance, emotional regulation, acupoint health care and regular monitoring.

1. Diet:

Abnormal transport of spleen and stomach is an important pathogenesis of diabetes. Recommend consuming spleen strengthening ingredients such as yam and coix seed, paired with hypoglycemic products such as bitter gourd and mulberry leaves. 10 grams of astragalus and 15 grams of goji berries can be used daily to boil water as a substitute for tea, avoiding overeating of fatty and sweet flavors. Food therapy prescriptions such as pumpkin millet porridge and bitter gourd scrambled eggs should be eaten 3 times a week.

2. Exercise guidance:

The "Regulating the Spleen and Stomach with Single Lifting" technique of Ba Duan Jin can enhance spleen function. Exercise for 20 minutes in the morning every day. The cloud hand movements of Tai Chi combined with breathing can unblock meridians, qi, and blood. It is recommended to walk 6000 steps quickly every day to avoid sitting for long periods of time and getting angry. During exercise, pay attention to keeping warm and preventing external pathogens from invading.

3. Emotional regulation:

Stagnation of liver qi can easily transform fire and damage yin, inducing thirst. You can practice the six character formula "Shh" to soothe the liver, and massage the Taichong acupoint before going to bed. Cultivate a calm and loving attitude towards calligraphy, gardening, etc., and avoid intense emotional fluctuations. Maintain a regular daily routine and go to bed before 21-23 pm to nourish your yin.

4. Acupoint Health Care:

Moxibustion Zusanli and Guanyuan acupoints for 10 minutes each day to enhance positive qi. Press the 8th thoracic spine spinous process at the pancreatic Yu acupoint, opening 1.5 inches below the spinous process and at the San Yin intersection. Rub each acupoint for 3 minutes. Scraping the bladder meridian on the back segment every week promotes sugar metabolism.

5. Physical fitness regulation:

For Yin deficiency constitution, replace tea drinks with Ophiopogon japonicus and Yuzhu; Take hawthorn and tangerine peel tea for phlegm dampness constitution. You can take seven flavors of Baizhu powder for conditioning every quarter, and use ointment to solidify before and after the Winter Solstice. Regularly monitor blood sugar levels and intervene promptly in case of dry mouth or polyuria.

It is necessary to establish long-term health habits to prevent diabetes. In terms of diet, we follow the principle of "five grains for nourishment", and recommend coarse grains such as oats and buckwheat to account for one-third of the staple food, paired with nourishing yin ingredients such as fungus and Tremella fuciformis. Exercise options include playing with the tiger to strengthen the kidneys, or rubbing the abdomen after meals to aid digestion. In terms of emotions, one can practice the method of observing breath and stabilize the autonomic nervous system by adjusting the breathing rate. Apply patches to the Spleen Shu and Kidney Shu acupoints during the Sanfu period, and use cinnamon powder vinegar to apply to the Yongquan acupoint during the winter. Drink mulberry goji berry tea or corn beard tea in daily life to avoid staying up late and damaging the yin. When blood sugar fluctuations occur, emergency treatment can be administered by taking kudzu root powder or bleeding from the ear tip, but professional TCM diagnosis and treatment are still required.