Based on the understanding of consumptive thirst disease in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)and the understanding of the etiology of diabetes mellitus and evolution of the disease in modern medicine,this article dis-cussed the rationality and clinical significance of using"sugar collateral disease"as the name of diabetes mellitus in TCM,to provide a reference for modernization and development of TCM disease names.It is argued that the clinical manifestations described in the TCM disease name of consumptive thirst disease are only at a certain stage of diabetes mellitus,and it is difficult to cover the clinical characteristics of modern diabetes mellitus comprehensively.Using"sugar collateral disease"as the TCM disease name of diabetes mellitus,on the one hand can reflect the essence of diabetes mellitus,and on the other hand can embody the disease location,disease mechanism and the evolution of the disease,highlight the harms of complications,and serve as a warning for the early diagnosis and treatment of the disease,which can help to enhance the level of diagnosis and treatment of diabetes mellitus in TCM.
关键词
糖络病/消渴病/糖尿病/中医病名
Key words
sugar collateral disease/consumptive thirst/diabetes mellitus/disease name in traditional Chinese medicine
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