Wasting thirst

Symptoms and indications Vexation and thirst caused by heat disease, lung heat and dryness cough, interior heat wasting-thirst, sore and ulcer, swelling and toxin... 

This formula can tonify Qi, generate body fluid, moisten dryness and relieve thirst. It treats thirst and wasting syndrome, a syndrome known as diabetes in western medicine. It is caused by Yin deficiency of the Kidney, Stomach and Lung. When dryness occurs in the Stomach, the Qi is too weak to spread the fluid, and excessive thirst appears. Heat consumes the Qi and can directly lead to lassitude and shortness of breath. If the Kidney fails to control the Bladder and is unable to separate clean fluid from turbid, patients may pass large amounts of turbid urine frequently. Yin and Qi deficiency often show in a red tongue with a thin and dry coating, and a weak and thready pulse. 

The solution to this problem is to drink plenty of water. This means routinely quenching your thirst plus drinking extra when exercising or in hot weather. This allows your kidneys to do their job of ridding the body of wastes and your liver to do its job of metabolizing stored fat. 

---