Acupressure is simple to do; even self-acupressure treatment is possible after proper training/practice. Self-acupressure treatment may be difficult if the acupoint is not reachable, in such case get help from your loved ones.

Acupuncture may be effective in treating diabetes also in preventing and managing complication of the disease.

Acupressure Tool

For tools to perform acupressure treatment, you need a blunt object or can use your fingers, but be careful about your nail that should not hurt you. If you decided to do with a blunt object, then choose an object such as a backside of the pencil or pen or other similar objects.

What is Cun?

One cun in acupressure/acupuncture is a measure of the width of a person's thumb (it is specifically patient's thumb) at the knuckle, whereas the width of the two forefingers denotes 1.5 cun and the width of four fingers side-by-side is three cuns.

How to locate acupressure point (acupoint)?

You need to locate the acupressure point perfectly to your best. If you can locate it exactly, then the result will be the best. Otherwise, the result will be slightly lower than expected. Surely, you will get benefits, even if you cannot locate the exact acupressure points; only quantities of benefit vary. Acupoint Location is mention in “Cun” from any physical location.

How do you stimulate Acupoint for diabetes healing?

Now using a blend object or your finger, apply gentle firm pressure on the acupoint for about 15 counts (approximately 15 seconds) and then release the pressure. Then apply gently pressure with anticlockwise rotation for 15 times on the acupoint. You have done, you have successfully stimulated that particular acupoint, and you are required to do it for the other acupoints.

What can you expect from diabetes acupressure?

After diabetes acupressure self-treatment; just sit back, relax and ready to welcome amazing health benefits. Some of them are better blood-glucose control as well as overall physical & mental health improvement.

Physically, you can be able to get sound sleep in the night, fresh and energetic in the day. Mentally, you feel happiness, stress-free and anger-free, simply a new personality loved by all.

Important before diabetes acupressure

On the first day of the acupressure treatment, you may experience extreme weakness or fatigue, particularly during sleep. You may feel numbness or twinkling sensation in your foot soles. It might be due to the unlocking of Qi blockage and restoration of normal Qi flow.

You can manage this extreme weakness by taking any multivitamin supplement on the first day of acupressure treatment. This weakness is only on the first day of the treatment; it also confirms that your acupressure healing touch is working.

You will not experience any weakness from your next acupressure treatment.

As per Traditional Chinese Medicine, the treatment for diabetes is of three categories. Based on your symptoms (the category you belong), the treatment will be decided (and provided) for effective healing. If your diabetes symptoms, predominantly from kidney origin (that is severe polyuria, night sweating, sore back, tiredness), then you are considered to have the lower warmer depletion-thirst disease.

Acupuncture may be effective in treating diabetes also in preventing and managing complication of the disease.

The author suggests you read the symptoms of all the three depletion-thirst diseases. Then only you can be able to decide what category of depletion-thirst disease you belong? Once you confirm your category, you follow the acupressure treatment plan of that particular depletion-thirst disease.

The excessive heat of the kidney ( an organ at the lower part of the body) consumes (depletion) the kidney yin or yin & yang.

A) Deficiency of the kidney yin

The excessive heat of the kidney consumes the kidney yin.

Symptoms of Kidney yin deficiency: The symptoms are: Dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, poor memory, deafness, night sweating, sore back, the ache in bone, polyuria, dark scanty urine, constipation. Tongue: red, no coatings, cracks. Pulse: Empty (weak) and rapid.

The treatment goal for Kidney yin deficiency: Replenish the kidney yin.

5 Diabetes acupressure points for Kidney yin deficiency

Lower-warmer depletion-thirst (kidney yin deficiency) acupressure point is for diabetes individuals with urination predominated with dark scanty urine.

1. KD 3 - tonify KD, Location: In depression, midway between the tip of the medial malleolus and the attachment of the Achilles tendon. This point tones the Kidney's Yin & Yang, strengthens the low back, relieves heel/ankle pain.
2. KD 6 - tonify KD Yin, Location: In a depression below the tip of the medial malleolus.
3. SP 6 - nourish Yin, Location: three cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus on the posterior border of the tibia. This point nourishes the Kidneys, clears deficiency-Heat, and beneficial to the throat & eyes.
4. CV 4 - nourish Yin, Location: two cun above CV 2 (pubic symphysis). This point strengthens/nourishes the Kidneys (Qi, Yin and Yang), nourishes Essence, improves Original Qi, and good to menstruation & the uterus.
5. LV 13 - a meeting of the yin organs, Location: On the lateral side of the abdomen below the free end of the 11th rib. This point harmonizes the Liver & Spleen and regulates Liver Qi.

b) Deficiency of the kidney yin and yang

The excessive heat of the kidney consumes both the kidney’s yin and yang.

Symptoms of Kidney yin and yang deficiency: The symptoms are: Severe polyuria, sore and weak back, and knees, the sensation of cold, shortness of breath, weak lower limbs, lassitude, clear copious urine, spontaneous sweating, poor appetite, loose stools, edema (which can be severe). The tongue is pale, swollen, wet, and mostly with a white coat. Pulse is deep, weak, and mostly slow.

The treatment goal for Kidney yin and yang deficiency: Replenish the kidney Qi and nourish the kidney yin.

7 Diabetes acupressure points for Kidney yin and yang deficiency

Lower-warmer depletion-thirst (kidney yin & yang deficiency) acupressure point is for diabetes individuals with urination predominated with clear copious urine.

1. UB 23 - KD Shu, Location: 1.5 cun lateral to GV 4, level with L2. This acupressure point strengthens the Kidneys, tones Kidney Yang, nourishes Kidney Yin and Essence, strengthens lower back, resolves Dampness.
2. KD 3 - tone KD, Location:  In depression midway between the tip of the medial malleolus and the attachment of the Achilles tendon. This point tones the Kidneys (Yin and Yang), strengthens the lower back, relieves heel/ankle pain.
3. UB 52 - tone KD and effect willpower, Location: three cun lateral to GV 4, level with L2. This point tones the kidneys, normalizes urination, strengthens the lower back.
4. KD 6 - nourish KD Yin, Location: In a depression below the tip of the medial malleolus. This point nourishes the Kidneys, clears deficiency-Heat, benefits the throat, benefits the eyes, calms the Shen.
5. SP 6 - nourish Yin, Location:  three cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus on the posterior border of the tibia. This point strengthens the Spleen & Stomach, resolves dampness, harmonizes the Liver, strengthens the Kidneys, nourishes Blood & Yin, regularizes menstruation, cools invigorate the Blood, normalizes urination, and calms the Shen.
6. CV 4 - nourish Yin, Location: two cun above CV 2 (pubic symphysis). This point strengthens/nourishes the Kidneys (Qi, Yin and Yang), nourishes Essence, improves Original Qi, and good to menstruation & the uterus.
7. ST 36 - (tones qi), Location: three cun below ST 35, one finger width lateral from the anterior border of the tibia. This point tones Qi & Blood, strengthens the Spleen & Stomach, strengthens the body & Wei qi, raises Yang, calms the Shen, activates the meridian, and stops pain.

If your symptoms confirm you as a diabetes of upper-warmer-depletion-thirst disease, then you can start acupressure treatment. Now you should stimulate acupoint, learn; How do you stimulate Acupoint for diabetes healing?

As per Traditional Chinese Medicine, the treatment for diabetes is of three categories. Based on your symptoms (the category belongs) decide (and provide) the treatment for effective healing. If your diabetes symptoms, predominantly from stomach origin (that is digestion related), then you are considered to have the middle warmer depletion-thirst disease.

Acupuncture may be effective in treating diabetes also in preventing and managing complication of the disease.

The author suggests you read the symptoms of all the three depletion-thirst diseases. Then only you can be able to decide what category of depletion-thirst disease you belong? Once you confirm your category, you follow the acupressure treatment plan of that particular depletion-thirst disease.

The excessive heat (fire) in the stomach (middle part of the body) consumes (deplete) stomach yin fluid.

Symptoms of Middle-warmer depletion-thirst: The symptoms are; feel constant hunger (Polyphagia), emaciation, painful, swollen, and bleeding gums, regurgitation, and vomiting after eating, burning sensation in the epigastrium, nausea, and constipation. The tongue is red, dry with thick yellow coat and pulse is full, deep, rapid.

The treatment goal for Middle-warmer depletion-thirst: Clear heat, normalizes stomach fire and replenishes the stomach yin.

7 Diabetes acupressure points for Middle-warmer depletion-thirst

Middle-warmer depletion-thirst acupressure point is for diabetes individuals with hunger predominated.

1. PC 6 - calm the spirit, Location: 2 cun above the wrist crease between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis. This points is useful to open the chest, regulates Heart Qi, calms the Shen, harmonizes the Stomach, relieves nausea and vomiting, regulates Qi.
2. SP 6 - tonify Yin, Location: 3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus on the posterior border of the tibia. This point strengthens the Spleen & Stomach, resolves dampness, harmonizes the Liver, strengthens the Kidneys, nourishes Blood and Yin, regulates menstruation, cools and invigorates the Blood, benefits urination, and calms the Shen.
3. CV 12 - ST Mu, Location: Midway between CV 8 and CV 16, four cun above CV 8 (umbilicus). This point strengthens/harmonizes the Spleen & Stomach, resolves Dampness, and relieves pain.
4. ST 21 - assist CV 12, clear heat, Location: 2 cun lateral to the AML level with CV 12. This point stops diarrhea.
5. CV 13 - descend rebellious Qi. Location: 5 cun above CV 8 (umbilicus). This point is useful to stop vomiting.
6. ST 44 - clear heat from the channel, Location: Proximal to the web margin between the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones, in a depression distal and lateral to the 2nd metatarsi digital joint. This point clears Heat from the Stomach meridian, resolves Damp-Heat in the intestines, relieves pain.
7. ST 45 - clear heat from the face/mouth, calm the spirit, Location: 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail on the lateral side of the 2nd toe. This point clears Heat from the Stomach meridian, and revives consciousness.

If your symptoms confirm you as a diabetes of upper-warmer-depletion-thirst disease, then you can start acupressure treatment. Now you should stimulate acupoint, learn; How do you stimulate Acupoint for diabetes healing?

As per Traditional Chinese Medicine, the treatment for diabetes is of three categories. Based on the respected category of symptoms, the treatment will be decided (and provided) for effective healing. If your diabetes symptoms, predominantly from lung’s origin (that is cold, breathing related), then you are considered to have the upper warmer depletion-thirst disease.

The author suggests you read the symptoms of all the three depletion-thirst diseases. Then only you can be able to decide, what category of depletion-thirst disease you belong? Once you confirm your category, you follow the acupressure treatment plan of that particular depletion-thirst disease.

Acupuncture may be effective in treating diabetes also in preventing and managing complication of the disease.

The excessive heat of the lungs ( an organ at the upper part of the body) that consumes (depletion) the lung’s yin.

Symptoms of Upper-warmer depletion-thirst diabetes: The symptoms are thick nasal discharge, tender sinus area, heat signs (such as flushed face, severe thirst accompanied by mouth and tongue dryness, feelings of heat, etc.), reddened tip and margin of the tongue with thin, yellow coating, full and rapid pulse.

The treatment goal for Upper-warmer depletion-thirst diabetes: Remove excess heat from the lungs by purging fire and replenish the body fluids.

6 Diabetes acupressure points for Upper-warmer depletion-thirst diabetes

Upper-warmer depletion-thirst acupressure point is for diabetes individuals with thirst predominated.

1. LI 4, LI 11 & GV 14 - used together to clear heat. Location: LI 4 - Between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones on the dorsum of the hand, in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. Expels Wind, tones qi, strengthens immunity, heal pain, normalizes the face & head area, and induces labor. Useful for Wind-Heat conditions (flu). LI 4 is known as the pain point, it removes pain anywhere in the body.
2. LI 11 – Location: With the elbow flexed, the point is on the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease when the elbow flexed. The point is at midpoint between LU 5 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. This point helps to clears Heat, cools Blood, resolves dampness, expels, exterior Wind, regulates Qi and Blood, activates meridian, relieves itching.
3. GV 14 – Location: In the depression below the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra (C7). This point can clear heat, dispels wind, regulates Wei and Ying Qi, treats malaria. This point is useful in treating summer heat.
4. LU 7 - restore the LU Qi. Location: 1.5 cun above the wrist crease, superior to the styloid process of the radius. Expels Wind, helps descend Lung Qi, useful for the head & neck area, and good for the bladder.
5. LU 10 - fire point of the LU, clears lung heat. Location: in a radial aspect of the first metacarpal at the midpoint of the bone at the junction of the red and white skin. This point is useful in clearing Lung Heat, benefits the throat.
6. LU 9 - Tone LU Qi and Yin. Location: wrist crease on the radial side of the radial artery. This point tones Lung Qi & Yin, resolves phlegm, descends Lung Qi, tones Gathering Qi, and influences the pulse.

If your symptoms confirm you as a diabetes of upper-warmer-depletion-thirst disease, then you can start acupressure treatment. Now you should stimulate acupoint, learn; How do you stimulate Acupoint for diabetes healing?

Can type 2 diabetes be reversed permanently? Yes, it can be reversed by choosing the right healthy path and following it consistently with confidence. Firstly, you should know yourself and make the necessary changes to achieve diabetes remission.

Are you newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? Then you will most likely ask; Is diabetes reversible in the early stages? 

Are you with diabetes on medication for a while will always ask; Has anyone recovered from type 2 diabetes? What is the secret to reverse type 2 diabetes? What is the remission rate for type 2 diabetes?

Luckily, you are in the correct place, Welcome. 

Can type 2 diabetes go into remission permanently? In 2008 the twin cycle hypothesis put forward that there were vicious cycles of fat accumulation in the liver and pancreas that led to the development of type 2 diabetes over at least a decade.  

It predicted that major calorie restriction would lead to a rapid fall in liver fat, normalization of liver insulin sensitivity, and normalizing glucose production by the liver.

Diabetes remission is considered by many as a reel, not real. However, it is really possible “even for you”. The trick is what you correctly do and how consistently you do it!

How long does it take to reverse type 2 diabetes? It varies from person to person, but some anecdotal evidence suggests that it may vary from a few weeks to months to even years.

Definition of type 2 diabetes remission

Diabetes remission is defined as HbA1c remaining below 6.5% for at least three months, without any diabetes medicine. Some people may call it ‘reversing of type 2 diabetes’.
HbA1c is considered to be an unreliable marker of long-term glycemic control. So, fasting plasma glucose of less than 126 mg/dL (or <7.0 mmol/L) on two occasions separated by at least six months without medication can be used as alternate criteria.

Is remission a reversal or a cure for type 2 diabetes?

How long remission can last? Evidence shows it is possible to be in remission for up to 15 years or more based on how consistent we are in a healthy lifestyle.

The remission is not always permanent (i.e., a permanent cure). It needs to be maintained; blood glucose levels may rise again if patients revert to unhealthy lifestyles. The trick is how well you adapt to a healthy lifestyle forever.

The healthcare profession thought that it is somewhat easier for remission, if you take the necessary steps immediately after diagnosis. However, some people have been able to put their diabetes into remission even after 25 years of being diagnosed. So, strategy should be your consistent effort with confidence.

How can you get diabetes into remission?

Diabetes remission is possible; if you make your body cells sensitive to insulin and restore your pancreas to release enough active insulin.

The pancreas and liver are the two vital organs involved in blood glucose control. Fat cells (Adipocytes) are involved in glucose consumption. Shedding fat from muscle cells and these organs was key to remission from type 2 diabetes in people living with obesity or overweight.

We now know that the processes that cause type 2 diabetes can be reversed to normal functioning by restriction of food energy to achieve weight loss of around 15 kg. Diabetologia. 2011 Oct;54(10):2506-14.

People diagnosed within the first 10 years and who manage to follow food energy restrictions achieved around half of people return to non-diabetic glucose control. Cell Metabolism. 2018 Oct 2;28(4):547-556.e3.

Obese or overweight patients should strive to lose weight; this helps to improve insulin secretion and sensitivity. People who lose on average 8% of their body weight go into remission. A Diabetes UK-based study called the ReTUNE found that 70% of participants with lower body weights went into type 2 diabetes remission after losing weight through a low-calorie diet program. 

However, it is not advisable for healthy weight or underweight individuals without central obesity to lose weight; instead, they have to increase physical activity and shift towards nutritious food without losing weight even if they can add some healthy weight.

Firstly, you should know your body

Overweight or obese people with central obesity have fat build-up around the vital organs such as the liver and pancreas. This puts a strain on these organs and makes it difficult to work properly which leads to type 2 diabetes and other health conditions.

But people with normal or underweight without central obesity have no fat build-up. Instead, they have shrunken or low-functioning organs due to malnutrition (mostly in their childhood) that may lead to type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes can be classified into 3 based on body type; they are: 

1. Obese before and after diabetes,   
2. Obese before and lost major junk of weight after diabetes,
3. Normal or lean before and after diabetes.

All clinical studies and diabetes institutions are interested in suggesting weight loss for all patients diagnosed with diabetes. However, this is not always the case for example, normal-weight and lean individuals (without central obesity) with diabetes need to switch to a healthy lifestyle without any further weight loss. They can even try to increase their weight by building muscle mass with nutrient-rich food and exercise.

The healthy-weight individuals with central obesity are also at risk of diabetes and thus need to lose this central obesity (abdomen). Because the excess fat coats over the abdominal organs such as the liver, and pancreas, and disturb their normal functioning.

Firstly, you should know which category you are from and the health of your internal organs that are responsible for putting you on diabetes.  Then only you can able to devise a strategy to bring back the lost health.

For that, you should first assess and understand your health which might lead to the development of diabetes. To reverse diabetes, you need to bring back your lost health; for the same, we have a diabetes health assessment calculator that helps to assess as well as validate improvement in your health. Visit how to use diabetes health assessment calculator to know further.