When it comes to high blood sugar, everyone's first reaction is: "Eat too much sugar!" Quickly shut your mouth, don't dare to touch anything sweet. Of course this is true, but we Chinese medicine have to look at the root of the problem.

Many times, high blood sugar is not only a matter of "sugar", but more importantly, the body is imbalanced, becoming "dry" and "hot". You think of the body as a precision stove, if the fire is too strong, or the water is too little, won't the things in the stove (that is, our blood) be boiled dry and thick? The blood sugar index will naturally go up.

Therefore, if you want your blood sugar to drop quickly and steadily, you have to grasp two key points, which can be said to be two "shortcuts":

The first shortcut: "add water" to the body - specifically for people with insufficient kidney water

Some people have high blood sugar, not because of how much fire there is in the body, but because there is too little "water". In this case, traditional Chinese medicine calls "kidney yin deficiency".

Think about whether you are like this:

I always feel sore and weak in my waist and knees, and my legs and feet are weak.

In the afternoon or evening, the palms of the hands and feet are inexplicably hot.

I love to sweat when I sleep at night, and the quilt is wet (this is called night sweats).

I always have to get up at night to go to the toilet and sleep hard.

If you have these situations and your blood sugar still can't drop repeatedly, it's probably because the "kidney water" in your body is not enough.

For example, it's like a kettle that boils water, the water is about to dry up, and the bottom of the pot is red. At this time, it is useless for you to just pour cold water (clear heat) on the pot, the root cause is that there is no water in the pot, you have to add water to it quickly!

Therefore, the idea of conditioning is not to "extinguish the fire" all the time, but to replenish the "kidney water". When the water is full, the "false fire" itself can't stay, the body regains balance, and the blood sugar slowly stabilizes. The prescription of Zhibai Dihuang Pill is the path of "nourishing yin and reducing fire", which can be used as a reference idea.

The second shortcut: "extinguishing the fire" for the stomach and intestines - specifically for people who have too much stomach fire

There is also a type of person whose problem in the body is not lack of water, but that the "fire" is really too strong, and this fire is mainly concentrated in the stomach.

The characteristics of this type of friend are particularly obvious:

The mouth is very dry, and the water cup is in hand all day long, but no matter how much water you drink, you feel thirsty.

The appetite is too good, the amount of food is large, and I am hungry again not long after eating.

This is what traditional Chinese medicine often says "digest grain and good hunger", which means that there is like a fire in the stomach, and what you eat will be burned down with a "whoosh", and it will be digested too quickly, so you always feel hungry. This fire keeps consuming water (body fluids) in your body, and your mouth will naturally be dry.

In this case, if you just rely on dieting to control sugar, people will be hungry and panicked, and the effect will not be good. Because the root cause is that the fire in the stomach has not been extinguished, it will keep urging you to find something to eat.

The correct way is to first extinguish the "real fire" in the stomach. Once the fire is extinguished, you will not be so able to eat and be so hungry, the feeling of thirst will be reduced, the body's body fluids will be preserved, and the blood sugar will naturally stabilize. In this regard, you can refer to the conditioning ideas for clearing the stomach and relieving fire such as bezoar Qingwei pills.

To sum up:

So you see, regulating blood sugar cannot be one-size-fits-all. First see if you are "dehydrated" or "too hot". Find the right root cause, one is responsible for "adding water" (nourishing yin), the other is responsible for "extinguishing fire" (clearing heat), and symptomatic conditioning can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, everyone's situation is different, and here is just an idea. How to condition it, it is best to find a professional Chinese medicine doctor to take a look and let him help you check it.