Diabetes with Excessive Heat Damaging the Lungs:
In clinical manifestations, the patient experiences excessive thirst and drinks frequently. The tongue is red and dry with a thin coating, and the pulse is either strong or rapid.
【Spinach and Tremella Soup】
Ingredients: 100g spinach roots, 10g tremella fungus.
Preparation: Wash the spinach roots and soak the tremella fungus. Boil them together and consume the soup.
Benefits: Nourishes Yin, moistens dryness, and generates body fluids to alleviate thirst.
Usage: Consume once or twice daily, with meals. Can be taken continuously for 3-4 weeks.
【Steamed Tea Carp】
Ingredients: Approximately 500g carp, green tea as needed.
Preparation: Keep the carp scales, wash the fish, and stuff the belly with green tea. Place it on a plate and steam until fully cooked.
Benefits: Tonifies deficiency and relieves thirst.
Usage: Consume once daily, eat the fish meat lightly.
【Instant Quenching Drink to Relieve Thirst】
Ingredients: 1000g fresh winter melon rind, 1000g fresh watermelon rind, 250g melon vine root, 500g white sugar.
Preparation: Peel the outer hard skin of the winter melon and watermelon rind, slice them thinly. Crush the melon vine root. Soak them in cold water before putting them in a pot. Add enough water and boil for 1 hour. Remove the residue and continue simmering over low heat until it thickens. When it is almost dry, turn off the heat and let it cool. Add dry powdered white sugar, mix well, dry in the sun, and crush it before bottling for later use.
Benefits: Clears heat, generates body fluids, and relieves thirst.
Usage: Consume several times a day, 10g each time. Dissolve it in boiling water and drink it as a tea substitute frequently.
【Jade Bamboo Porridge】
Ingredients: 15-20g jade bamboo (or 30-60g if fresh), 100g glutinous rice, a little rock sugar.
Preparation: Wash and remove the root of fresh jade bamboo. Cut it into small pieces and boil it to extract the concentrated juice. Alternatively, boil dry jade bamboo to extract the juice. Add glutinous rice and enough water to cook it into a thin porridge. Add rock sugar for flavor and boil it for a short while.
Benefits: Nourishes Yin, moistens the lungs, and generates body fluids to relieve thirst.
Usage: Can be consumed as breakfast or dinner. One course of treatment lasts for 5-10 days.
【Clam and Bitter Gourd Soup】
Ingredients: 250g bitter gourd, 100g clam meat.
Preparation: Soak live clams in clean water for 2 days to remove sand and dirt. Wash the clam meat and put it in a pot with bitter gourd. Add enough water and cook the soup. Season it when it is cooked.
Benefits: Clears heat, detoxifies, and relieves restlessness and thirst.
Usage: Consume with meals.
