Treating Diabetes and Its Complications with Chinese Medicine

Course overview

This course covers: Insulin resistance and syndrome X, plus diabetes and: hypertension, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease, cerebral vascular disease, neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy, dermatological complications, opportunistic infections, acromelic gangrene Why the Chinese medical literature on diabetes does not mirror real-life clinical practice The unsung roles of the liver and spleen in the disease mechanisms of diabetes How to use Western disease staging to help in pattern discrimination Why blood stasis is almost always involved in diabetic complications A specific diabetes materia medica and formulary How and when to get the most out of acupuncture when treating diabetes