Discussion on mechanism of treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy with methods of supplementing qi,nourishing yin,activating blood circulation and getting rid of phelegm stagnation

The diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) was the syndrome of asthenia in origin and sthenia in superficiality.The disease was caused by deficiency of blood stasis and phelegm stagnation factors.According to the pathogenesis of the disease,the methods of supplementing qi,nourishing yin and activating blood circulation and getting rid of phelegm stagnation were used.So we composed the basis prescription to treat DPN.The clinical studies proved that methods of supplementing qi,nourishing yin and activating blood circulation and getting rid of phelegm stagnation were effective TCM principle in treating DPN.