Can Diabetic Patients Eat Codonopsis Pilosula? A Nutritional Analysis and Considerations

February 14, 2024

Diabetes is a common disease, and we know that diabetes itself is not scary, but the complications it brings are. Many complications of diabetes are life-threatening, so treating diabetes is very important. We also need to take good care of diabetic patients. There are many things that diabetic patients should not eat, such as desserts and foods high in cholesterol and animal fat. So can diabetic patients eat Codonopsis Pilosula? The answer to this question can only be given after we understand what Codonopsis Pilosula is and its nutritional composition. Let's take a look at the introduction of Codonopsis Pilosula below!


Codonopsis Pilosula has a sweet taste and a neutral nature. It can tonify the middle energizer, relieve thirst, invigorate the spleen and benefit the lungs, nourish blood and generate fluids. It is used for deficiency of the spleen and lungs, poor appetite and fatigue, coughing and wheezing, deficiency of qi and blood, sallow complexion, palpitations and shortness of breath, thirst due to fluid damage, internal heat and polydipsia. It is also used for symptoms such as laziness, shortness of breath, weakness in the limbs, poor appetite, deficiency of qi, deficiency of both qi and fluids, and deficiency of both qi and blood. However, it should not be used for patients with unresolved external symptoms and fullness caused by evil pathogens.

【Functions and Indications】

1. Clear the lungs.

2. Tonify the middle energizer, harmonize the spleen and stomach, relieve restlessness and thirst.

3. Treat lung deficiency and tonify lung qi.

4. Tonify blood. Suitable for chronic anemia, withered yellow disease, leukemia, adenopathy, and rickets.

5. Treat deficiency fatigue and internal injuries, cold in the intestines and stomach, chronic diarrhea, asthma and restlessness, fever and spontaneous sweating, women's excessive menstrual bleeding, and various diseases related to pregnancy and childbirth.


【Contraindications】

Codonopsis Pilosula should not be used together with Artemisia selengensis. At the same time, Codonopsis Pilosula has good medicinal effects and is suitable for consumption by diabetic patients.

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