Professor Li Xiaojuan 's Experience In Treating Diabetes With

Diabetes-depression refers to the depression after diabetes(DM), mainly marked by depression, pessimism, slow thought and interest loss. It is clinically common and visible in all stages of diabetes. Traditional Chinese medicine classed this disease as "Xiao Ke, Yu Bing". Seeking old sayings and gathering public prescriptions, Professor Li has been a doctor for almost 30 years. Based on clinical experience, she identifies this disease with deficiency in origin and excess in superficiality. Deficiency: deficiency of Qi and Yin at all stages; excess: phlegm, blood stasis, heat evil compete with each other and form a knot. With poor functioning, Qi, blood and body fluid gather in the chest and clear orifices. The symptoms contain mental depression, stony expression, loving loneliness and crying; or delirium, quick temper, irritability and insomnia. Professor Li claims to view eliminating phlegm and regulating Qi and blood as the basic principle of treatment, dialectical target thinking as the dialectical thought. Significant clinical effect has been achieved.Purpose:To explore and summarize the clinical experience of Professor Li in the field of diabete-depression.Material and method:Through clinical study, collecting related medical records so as to understand and summarize the opinions of Professor Li about pathogenesis, treatment based on differentiation and clinical medication rules of diabetes-depression.Results:1.Professor Li argued that liver and spleen are the major position of diabetes-depression. Its characteristic is deficiency in origin and excess in superficiality. Deficiency: deficiency of Qi and Yin; excess: phlegm, blood stasis, heat evil compete with each other and form a knot. Qi, blood and body fluid gather in the chest and clear orifices. 2.Professor Li holds that depression was formed after long-term diabetes. Phlegm and blood stasis impenetrate the whole process of this disease. They are not only pathological products but aggravating the condition as pathogenic factors. 3.Professor Li views resolving phlegm and regulating Qi and blood as the basic principle of treatment, dialectical target thinking as the dialectical thought. She claims to utilize therapeutic prescriptions and drugs. The clinical efficacy is remarkable.Conclusion:Professor Li advocated eliminating phlegm and blood stasis, regulating Qi and blood to better diabetes-depression. Its efficacy is remarkable and it is worth to be widely applied.