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Diabetes falls within the TCM category of wasting-thirst. It presents with excessive thirst, hunger, urination, and weight loss. The basic pathomechanism is yin vacuity with dryness-heat.
Key differentiation: Upper wasting presents mainly with excessive thirst; middle wasting with excessive hunger; lower wasting with excessive urination.
@misc{bencaodian-tang-niao-bing,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Tang Niao Bing 糖尿病 (Diabetes)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/conditions/tang-niao-bing},
urldate = {2026-04-17},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}© Bencaodian Editorial · Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0