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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 23 Diabetic retinopathy treated with TCM Keywords: Diabetic retinopathy; TCM therapy; Review literature Diabetic retinopathy (diabetic retinopathy, DR) is the most common diabetic eye complications, is one of the major blinding eye disease, belongs to Chinese medicine, as the faint vague Zhan, Ying-sing everywhere, blood irrigation Tongren, in areas such as violent blind . DR can often appear vitreous hemorrhage, macular edema, secondary glaucoma or retinal detachment, severe damage to eyesight, rather then the blind. Thus, DR is the treatment of diabetes prevention and control of problems to be solved. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has made substantial progress in DR are summarized below. 1 Etiology and Pathogenesis of Chinese medicine believe that the incidence of DR more with Yin dry and hot, liver, spleen, kidney deficiency is true, as well as the chronic illness into the network, phlegm and blood stasis and other factors related to the study in recent years, with the continuous deepening of the DR TCM has further understanding. Li Hua et al [1] that the phlegm and blood stasis is an important diabetic retinopathy pathogenesis. Guolian Chuan et al [2] pointed out that the DR is mainly dysfunctional organs, qi and blood stasis, caused by imbalance of yin and yang. Xiao-Wen et al [3] that the stasis of the main reasons for the occurrence and development of DR, while “bleeding” of the causes of many of Yin-induced stasis, virtual fire-induced stasis, Qi stagnation blood stasis, qi deficiency and blood stasis, real fire and blood stasis 5 aspects, and will be grouped into head bleeding lesions caused by loss of support, and Stagnation mesh network, the blood does not follow through, Stagnation mesh network, Cloud Yongzhi three kinds of evil. Xi-Xiang Yi et al [4] studies suggest that the incidence of diabetic retinopathy “to virtual-oriented”, its pathogenesis is characterized by the “virtual s