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In recent years, with the advancement of modern lifestyles, diabetes has become one of the important public health problems faced by countries around the world. In China, the incidence of diabetes in the northern region is relatively high, which has attracted widespread attention. In order to better understand the reasons why diabetes prefers the north, we need to analyze it from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine.
First of all, we know that diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that is mainly manifested by elevated blood sugar, and that climatic conditions and lifestyles in northern regions are often closely related to high blood sugar. The climate in the northern region is cold, and people like to eat high-calorie, high-sugar foods, such as pasta, barbecue, etc. These foods contain a lot of starch and sucrose, which can easily cause blood sugar to rise. In addition, the cold weather in the northern region in winter reduces the amount of exercise and metabolic rate, resulting in insufficient blood sugar consumption, which further increases the risk of diabetes.
Secondly, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, diabetes is closely related to the dysfunction of the human spleen and stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the environment in the northern region is humid and cold, and people tend to prefer to eat cold foods, such as cold drinks, raw and cold vegetables, etc. These foods are easy to harm the spleen and stomach, so that its function decreases, and its digestion is weakened, resulting in the accumulation of moisture in the body, which blocks the normal metabolism of blood sugar. In addition, many people in the northern region are addicted to heavy foods, and they consume too much salt and oil, which is prone to obesity and further increases the risk of diabetes.
According to the application experience of ancient and modern prescriptions, Chinese medicine provides a variety of effective methods for diabetes. For example, the heat-clearing and detoxification formula "Yuping Fengsan" can diuretic, clear heat and detoxify, clear heat and destasis, nourish yin and blood, help regulate the balance of yin and yang in diabetic patients, and reduce symptoms. In addition, there are many medicinal materials that can adjust blood sugar in Chinese herbal decoction pieces, such as bitter gourd, yellow essence, yam, etc. These herbs have the effects of clearing heat and lowering blood sugar, invigorating qi and strengthening the spleen, and have certain auxiliary effects on diabetic patients.
In summary, there are many reasons why diabetes prefers the North. From the perspective of modern lifestyle, climatic conditions and traditional Chinese medicine, factors such as cold climate, high-sugar dietary habits, and spleen and stomach dysfunction of people in the north all increase the risk of diabetes. Therefore, in terms of prevention and diabetes, we should change unreasonable living habits, pay attention to dietary regulation, increase the amount of exercise, and actively use the theories and methods of traditional Chinese medicine to find appropriate solutions, so as to reduce the incidence of diabetes and improve the quality of life.
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References: 1Wang Yiwu, Shao Songtian, Li Jun, et al. Clinical effect of 48 cases of diabetes mellitus concentration period of "Yuping Fengsan"[J].Journal of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2018, 20(3): 61-63