August 2023 was a day that I never forgot. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. My HB A1C was as high as 12.4, and Fasting blood sugar was as high as 251mg/dl (13.94 mmol/l); Triglycerides 463mg/dl, High-density lipoprotein cholesterol: 39mg/dl, Low-density cholesterol: 142mg/dl. Total cholesterol 293mg/dl. The doctor prescribed me to take insulin twice a week, four tablets of metformin a day (2 tablets in the morning, 2 tablets after dinner), each tablet of metformin is 500mg , and one tablet of atorvastatin, the dosage is 20mg. When I learned that I had to take insulin, my mood was like a roller coaster. But I can’t be defeated by this disease, I have to find a way to live a good life!
Since then, I have started a study on how to regulate diabetes without relying on insulin injection. I have always had a special liking for traditional Chinese medicine, and I can’t help but think of a classic saying of traditional Chinese medicine: “Reinforcing healthy Qi ,and removing pathogenic factors” The so-called reinforcing is actually to enhance the body’s yang energy, and removing pathogenic factors is usually likely injections, taking medicine, etc. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, regulating illnesses requires consideration of two factors. You can’t always reinforce yang qi without removing pathogenic factors, and you can’t always remove pathogenic factors  (take medicine, injection) without replenishing yang , the two factors need to be balanced. I couldn’t help but start thinking, can I use the method of improving the body’s energy that looks like yang qi instead of insulin? After thinking again and again, I resolutely decided to try the theory of traditional Chinese medicine.
When it comes to replenishing yang qi and regulating qi and blood, moxibustion is undoubtedly one of the most ideal methods. It happened that I had a book called “Ma’s Moxibustion Method” on hand, which clearly gave the moxibustion method for regulating diabetes. So I decided to use moxibustion to start my regulating body journey. The magic of moxibustion is that it can stimulate the body’s self-repair ability through warm stimulation of acupoints, thereby achieving the purpose of conditioning the body.
I began to follow the method in the book, selecting appropriate acupoints for moxibustion every day, and moxibustion lasted for three months. During this period, I seemed to be in a silent battle with diabetes, and each moxibustion seemed to inject a new force into the body. Three months later, I went to the hospital for a check-up. On the way to the hospital, I was wondering if this moxibustion could really help me control diabetes? Can it really replace insulin? To know the answer, please follow up next.