Abstract:
This article selected 3 medical records of professor ZHOU Zhong-ying treating lower warmer diabetes by Liuwei Dihuang analogous formulas. Oedema is the major clinical manifestation of the previous 2 cases. Record 1 used Gui-fu-di-huang Wan and herbs that can warm kidney-yang, replenish qi, invigorate spleen and clear water; while record 2 used Liuwei Dihuang Pill with herbs that can replenish qi, activate the circulation of blood. Enuresis is the main symptom of the last case. As a result, the “three tonic herbs” in Liuwei Dihuang Pill is used, and also some tonic herbs that can nourish liver and kidney, and some astringent drugs that can control essence and urine emission.