Prediabetes
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
腹型肥胖，脘腹胀满，嗳气、矢气频频，得嗳气、矢气后胀满缓解，大便量多，舌质淡红，舌体胖大，苔白厚，脉弦滑
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Excessive fat in the waist and abdomen, with an enlarged belly characteristic of abdominal obesity.
- The upper abdomen and belly often feel swollen, stuffy, and uncomfortable, as if something is pressing upward.
- Frequent belching and flatulence; the bloated sensation is markedly relieved after belching or passing gas.
- Stool volume is large and noticeably greater than usual.
- The tongue is pale-red, swollen and enlarged, with a thick white coating.
- The pulse is wiry and slippery, feeling both like a taut string and rolling beads.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
行气导滞
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help promote smoother gastrointestinal movement and relieve the sensation of blockage and stagnation.
- May help alleviate discomfort such as bloating, belching, and excessive flatulence, and support digestion and bowel movements.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
形体偏瘦，倦怠乏力，口干口渴，夜间为甚，五心烦热，自汗，盗汗，气短懒言，心悸，失眠
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Lean and thin physique, looking slender and frail.
- Easily fatigued and lacking strength; becomes tired quickly when doing activities.
- Noticeable dry mouth and thirst, more severe at night.
- Heat sensation in the palms, soles, and chest, with restlessness and irritability.
- Spontaneous sweating without heat or physical exertion; sweat comes easily and is hard to stop.
- Nighttime sweating during sleep, which stops after waking and leaves the body cool.
- Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, and reluctance to talk much.
- Palpitations with an unsettled heart, occasional pounding sensation.
- Difficulty falling asleep, easily awakening, and restless sleep throughout the night.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
益气养阴
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help replenish the body’s energy and strength, making one feel more energetic and less prone to fatigue.
- May help increase the body’s moisture and lubrication, relieve dryness, and better protect the mouth, throat, and skin.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
疲乏无力，口干多饮，肢体麻木，舌暗底瘀，脉弦细
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Easily fatigued and weak; quickly loses energy when doing things.
- Noticeable dry mouth, always wanting to drink water, and increased fluid intake.
- Numbness in the limbs, with sluggish sensation and clumsiness.
- The tongue is darkish in color, with visible dark congested veins or ecchymosis under the tongue.
- The pulse is wiry and thready, feeling like a taut string and relatively weak.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
益气养阴，活血通络
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help replenish physical strength and energy, and increase body fluids and moisture.
- May help promote smoother blood circulation, unblock stagnant areas, and relieve numbness and pain.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
口干苦，舌红少津，苔薄白干或少苔，脉虚细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Dry mouth with a bitter taste.
- The tongue is reddish with scanty fluids and dryness.
- The tongue coating is thin, white, and dry, or there is very little coating.
- The pulse is weak, thready, and rapid, approximately 90–130 beats per minute at rest.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
养阴清热
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help increase the body’s moisture and lubrication to relieve dryness.
- May help reduce internal “heat” and feverish sensations, and relieve dry mouth, restlessness, and heat in the palms and soles.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
小便频数，浑浊如膏，腰膝酸软，眩晕耳鸣，五心烦热，低热颧红，口干咽燥，多梦遗精，舌红少苔，脉细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Frequent urination, with a marked increase during both day and night.
- Urine appears very turbid, as thick as if mixed with grease.
- The lower back and knees feel sore, weak, and heavy, lacking strength.
- Dizziness and blurred vision, often accompanied by ringing in the ears.
- Heat sensation in the palms, soles, and chest, with restlessness and irritability.
- Persistent low-grade fever, with malar flushing over both cheeks.
- Dry mouth and throat, always wanting to drink water to moisten them.
- Frequent dreaming during sleep; males may experience involuntary nocturnal emission.
- The tongue is reddish with very little coating, or almost no coating.
- The pulse is thready and rapid, over 90 beats per minute at rest, exceeding four beats per breath, and is distinct from a solely thready or solely rapid pulse.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
滋阴补肾
Plain-Language Explanation:
- May help increase the body’s moisture and lubrication to relieve dryness.
- May help boost the body’s foundational drive, enhance physical strength and endurance, and also support sleep and reproductive health.
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