Research progress on traditional Chinese medicine treatment of diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is termed as ‘sudden blindness' in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has accumulated valuable experience in syndrome dif erentiation and medication. In recent ten years, documents on prevention and control of diabetic retinopathy by traditional Chinese medicine have gradually been enriched. Traditional Chinese medicine has made new progress on treating diabetic retinopathy. This paper mainly analyzes the treatment and the clinical research progress, such as syndrome dif erentiation and treatment, phased treatment, special and experienced prescription of traditional Chinese medicine, single traditional Chinese herb, acupuncture therapy, auricular acupuncture therapy, massage therapy, scientific diet therapy and so on. By manifesting advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in treating diabetic retinopathy, it points out that active research should be carried out in traditional Chinese medicine to treat diabetic retinopathy and it has a great signii cance in progression of treatment of diabetic retinopathy.