There are two types of diabetes, namely diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes insipidus is a rare metabolic disorder in which the patient produces large amounts of urine and is constantly thirsty. It is due to a deficiency of the pituitary hormone vasopressin, an antidiuretic hormone that regulates the reabsorption of water in the kidneys. The treatment consists of the administration of vasopressin to the patient and it cannot be treated with Cupping and Pure Salt therapy since the pituitary glands are located deep in the brain.
Diabetes mellitus affects approximately 7% of the general population and can be divided into type 1 (insulin dependent) and type 2 (non-insulin dependent). Type 1 accounts for about 10%, while type 2 accounts for 90% of all diabetes mellitus. Type 1 typically affects children and adolescents who have little or no ability to produce the hormone insulin, and patients are completely dependent on insulin injections for survival. The hormone insulin is produced by the pancreas and helps regulate the level of sugar in the blood when it exceeds the preset limit. Type 1 is thought to be caused by damage to the insulin-producing tissues of the pancreas due to an out-of-place attack on the pancreas by the patient’s own immune system (autoimmune attack). Cupping therapy and Shin Gum Pure Salt cannot treat type 1 due to permanent damage to the pancreas.
Type 2, being the most common diabetes, prevailed among middle-aged and elderly patients. However, in recent years the number of young people suffering from type 2 diabetes has increased. It can be found in young people in their twenties and thirties. Type 2 diabetes is due to inadequate insulin production to meet the patient’s needs or the result of the body becoming resistant to the effects of insulin. The accumulation of sugar causes its appearance in the blood (hyperglycemia) and then in the urine. Symptoms include thirst, excessive urine production, aging and itchy skin, loss of sensation, loss of teeth, blurred vision, constant hunger, and weight loss due to the use of body fat as an alternative energy source to sugar. Risk factors include incidence in family members (genetics), obesity, lack of exercise, sedentary lifestyle, diabetes during pregnancy, and unhealthy eating habits (too much sugar, excess carbohydrates, overeating ).
Long-term complications of type 2 diabetes include an increased risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction) and stroke (stroke), increased incidence of blindness due to damage to the blood vessels supplying the optic nerve (diabetic retinopathy) leading cause of kidney failure requiring dialysis (diabetic nephropathy), thigh pain and progressive weakness of knee extension (diabetic amyotrophy), pain or numbness in the feet due to nerve damage (diabetic neuropathy), amputation of the legs due to gangrene and impotence due to nerve damage to the penis (erectile dysfunction).
Type 2 diabetes can be treated with cupping at points 2, 3, 6, and 8 with only a 30% success rate due to the fact that the pancreas lies deep in the viscera behind the liver. However, a much higher success rate is achieved by applying aggressive cupping combinations with pure salt therapy. For type 2 diabetes, pure salt therapy consists of daily exercise for one hour, gradual reduction in food followed by fasting, daily half-body bath with pure salt, consumption of pure salt (preferably 200 hours of pure salt or minimum 30 hours of pure salt), stress reduction techniques and adopting a positive mental attitude towards diabetes.
