Acupuncture and Juvenile Diabetes

Juvenille Diabetes is also known as Diabetes Mellitus Type 1. This diabetes type which is characterized by lack of insulin produced by our body. This condition make level of sugar in the blood is high. This type of diabetes is considered unpreventable. Insulin treatment is very much needed for this disease. The therapy is done by insulin injection to the body. Other things that must be paid attention to are diet and exercise. [note]Diabetes mellitus type 1 - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus_type_1[/note]  

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SYMPTOMS

CAUSES

TREATMENTS

 

SYMPTOMS

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Symptom of juvenille diabetes are : - Frequent urination - Increased thirst - Increase hunger - Weight loss - Blurry vision - Feeling tired - Poor healing [note]Type 1 diabetes in children Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/type-1-diabetes-in-children/symptoms-causes/dxc-20311397[/note]  

CAUSES

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The cause of diabetes type 1 is a combination of following factors : - Genetic - Environmental - Autoimmune disease [note]Type 1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes) Causes, Symptoms, Treatments, http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/type-1-diabetes-guide/type-1-diabetes#1[/note]  

TREATMENTS

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Related Acupuncture Points : SP6, ST36, BL13, BL23, BL20, BL17 Acupuncture Treatment For Juvenile Diabetes Diabetes or Juvenile Diabetes is a chronic disease. The way acupuncture treat diabetes are as follow : 1. Treatment course : once daily for 12 days as a course of treatment, then a 2-3 day break before starting another course. 2. Needle retention : 30 minutes following getting the qi sensation 3. Acupoints involved along with its purpose of treatment : a. Dry heat in the lung and stomach clear away heat, moisten and promote production of body fluids feishu (BL-13), weishu (BL-21), neiting (ST-44), zusanli (ST-36) b. Dry intestines and impairment of body fluids nourish yin, irrigate the intestines quchi (LI-11), fenglong (ST-40), zhigou (TB-6), zhaohai (KI-6) c. Damp-heat of spleen and stomach clear away heat, resolve damp, activate the stomach, strengthen the spleen zhongwan (CV-12), zusanli (ST-36), tianshu (ST-25), neiguan (PC-6) d. Stagnation of liver qi relieve the depressed liver, regulate circulation of qi, promote blood circulation, remove stasis taichong (LV-3), quguan (LV-8), ganshu (BL-18), xuehai (SP-10) e. Deficiency of spleen qi and kidney qi invigorate the spleen and replenish qi pishu (BL-20), weishu (BL-21), zhongwan (CV-12), zusanli (ST-36) f. Deficiency of liver and kidney yin nourish liver and kidney taichong (LV-3), taixi (KI-3), shenshu (BL-23), guanyuan (CV-4) g. Deficiency of spleen yang warm and invigorate the spleen and kidney mingmen (GV-4), guanyuan (CV-4), zusanli (ST-36), yinlingquan (SP-9) h. Deficiency of lung qi and spleen qi warm the spleen and nourish the lung to replenish qi feishu (BL-13), pishu (BL-20), taibai (SP-3), taiyuan (LU-9) [note]Treatment of Diabetes with Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture: 1, http://www.itmonline.org/journal/arts/diabetes.htm[/note]  

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