Tag: Diabetes Mellitus

[Overview] In Miao medicine, diabetes is known as Ghangb lo1, also called Ke wo lo or Xinxin da. The name Ghangb lo1 literally refers to the phenomenon where a patient’s urine attracts ants when excreted on the ground—hence the colloquial terms “ant disease” or “sweet urine.” In Traditional Chinese Medicine, diabetes (Xiao Ke) is characterized…