TONGUE COLOR AND WHOLE BLOOD VISCOSITY IN PATIENTS OF DIABETES MELLITUS AFTER TREATMENT BY TCM PRESCRIPTION FOR REPLENISHING QI,NOURISHING YIN AND ACTIVATING BLOOD CIRCULATION

In patients of diabetes mellitus,blood rheo-logy and microcirculation show changes,and theincrease in whole blood viscosity has been re.garded as a significant morbid sign of diabetes.The tongue color is one of the important signsreflecting changes of blood rheology and micro-circulation.The tongue color of diabetes mostlyis pink-dark or red-dark.We investigated thewhole blood viscosity in 82 diabetes patientswith pink-dark or red-dark tongues and thechanges in tongue color and whole blood visco-