Diabetic Retinopathy
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
视力正常或减退，病变为临床分级1~3级。可伴阴虚内热证候，舌质红，苔微黄，脉细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Vision may remain normal or decline to varying degrees.
- The retinal changes correspond to clinical grades 1 to 3.
- There may be signs of fluid insufficiency with internal heat.
- The tongue tends to be red.
- The tongue coating is thin and slightly yellow.
- The pulse is thin and rapid, about 90 to 130 beats per minute at rest.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
养阴生津，凉血润燥
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Replenish fluids and internal nourishment to help relieve dry mouth and throat, irritability with heat sensation, and night sweats.
- Cool the blood and reduce heat to help ease facial flushing, vexing heat, nosebleeds, and skin redness or warmth.
- Moisten the skin and mucous membranes to help improve dryness, cracking and flaking, and relieve dry stools.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
视物模糊，目睛干涩，或视物变形，或眼前黑花飘舞，视网膜病变多为1 ~4级。可伴气阴亏虚，络脉瘀阻证候，舌胖嫩、紫暗或有瘀斑，脉沉细无力
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Blurred vision.
- Dry eyes, distorted shapes, or floaters in front of the eyes.
- Retinal changes mostly correspond to grades 1 to 4.
- There may be concurrent signs of low energy, insufficient fluids, and impaired microvascular flow.
- The tongue body tends to be enlarged and soft, with a dark hue or dark spots.
- The pulse is deep, thin, and forceless.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
益气养阴，活血通络
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Boost energy and fluid supply to help relieve shortness of breath, fatigue, dry mouth, and irritability.
- Provide adequate internal nourishment to help improve dryness-heat, night sweats, and throat dryness.
- Promote blood circulation and unblock the channels to help reduce numbness, pain, and pulling discomfort.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
视物模糊，目睛干涩，视网膜病变多为1 ~3级。可伴肝肾亏虚证候，舌暗红少苔，脉细涩
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Blurred vision.
- Dry eyes with a frequent foreign-body sensation.
- Retinal changes mostly fall within grades 1 to 3.
- There may be signs of insufficient nourishment and weakened essence and qi.
- The tongue is dark red with little coating.
- The pulse is thin, weak, and rough, with an unsmooth sensation.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
滋补肝肾，润燥通络
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Supplement liver-kidney essence and energy to help relieve lower back and knee soreness, dizziness, tinnitus, and fatigue.
- Enhance fluids and moistening to help ease dry mouth, throat dryness, and skin cracking.
- Unblock channel flow to help reduce numbness, pain, and pulling discomfort, making the limbs more flexible.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
视物模糊，或视物变形，或自觉眼前黑花飘移，视网膜病变多为2~4级，以视网膜水肿、棉绒斑、出血为甚。可伴脾虚湿阻证候，舌质淡，脉弱
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Blurred or distorted vision, with a sensation of floaters.
- Retinal changes mostly range from grades 2 to 4, with more noticeable swelling, cotton-wool spots, and hemorrhages.
- Often presents with low energy and dampness stagnation, with easy fatigue, heaviness, and lack of vitality.
- The tongue is pale, appearing white and lacking color.
- The pulse is weak and lacks force under pressure.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
健脾益气，利水消滞
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Strengthen the spleen and stomach’s transportation function and replenish qi to help relieve poor appetite, fatigue, and abdominal bloating.
- Promote water metabolism and excretion to reduce edema, distension, and a sense of internal congestion.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
视物模糊，目睛干涩或严重视力障碍，视网膜病变多为4~5级。可伴阴阳两虚，血瘀痰凝证候，舌淡胖少津或有瘀点，或唇舌紫暗，脉沉细无力
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Blurred vision.
- Dry eyes or significant visual impairment.
- Retinal changes mostly range from grades 4 to 5.
- There may be concurrent signs of diminished overall energy and nourishment, blood stasis, and phlegm turbidity obstructions.
- The tongue may be pale and swollen with scanty fluids, or show dark stasis spots; the lips and tongue may appear dark purplish.
- The pulse is deep, thin, and forceless.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
滋阴补阳，化痰祛瘀
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Replenish fluids and internal energy to better balance hot and cold and vitality, helping relieve dry mouth, irritability, aversion to cold, and fatigue.
- Transform sticky phlegm turbidity and facilitate its expulsion to help ease chest tightness, coughing of phlegm, and heavy, sticky sensations.
- Promote smooth blood flow and resolve stasis to help reduce stabbing pain, distension, and subcutaneous bruising, improving circulation.
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