At present, no matter in the developing or developed countries, the incidence of diabetes mellitus tends to increase, and the disease has become one of the three chief diseases, which seriously threatens the human health. The high incidence of diabetes mellitus, together with its numerous complications, may seriously impair one's health and cause death. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a history of more than two thousand years in treating and preventing diabetes mellitus and its complications with rich experience and some peculiar therapy. In compiling this book, we have inherited the achievements of our predecessors and assimilated them with the principles, which we have derived from our personal experience. The purpose is to promote the peculiar therapy in TCM and contribute to the cause of improving the human health.

The book is divided into three parts. The first one introduces emphatically the essentials on diabetes mellitus, the essential points in diagnosing this disease, and the knowledge or cognizance of the disease in TCM. The second part introduces in detail the treatment of diabetes mellitus, and the pattern differentiation and treatment of its frequently observed complications according to TCM; the commonly used patent Chinese drugs, the folk recipes and proved recipes, the various therapeutic methods such as external treatment, acupuncture and moxibustion, massage, physical training therapy, psychotherapy, dietetic therapy and diagnostic and regimen therapy. The third part introduces the unique opinions, the therapeutic experiences and clinically proved cases of the national senior traditional Chinese physicians such as professors Shi Jinmo, Wang Luqiu and Li Liang in treating diabetes mellitus.