[The analysis of "Wasting-and-Thirst" disease from Wei-Jin to Tang Dynasty]

Huangdi Neijing ()considered that "wasting-and-thirst" patients should not take mineral drugs. The period from Wei-Jin to Tang Dynasty, to meet the need for mildly strengthening Yang by tonic, people no longer considered that "wasting-and-thirst" patients can't take mineral drugs. It was popular to take mineral elixir. The rich people who consumed mineral elixir were susceptible of diabetes. The practitioners observed that taking mineral elixir and sexual behaviors were related to "wasting-and-thirst" , and therefore, they realized that taking mineral elixir was main cause of getting it. They inferred that "mineral heat" deposited in kidney and "kidney deficiency" resulted in "wasting-and-thirst" . Therefore, many cure medicines presented. Among the group of rich people from Wei-Jin to Tang Dynasty, many were patients of elixir poisoning and diabetes, also including its many complications. Some experiences and ideas of treating "wasting-and-thirst" patients from Wei-Jin to Tang are still helpful clinically to cure diabetes today.