Why diabetes can not moxibustion or moxibustion

Diabetes can lead to chronic damage and dysfunction of various tissues, especially eyes, kidneys, heart, blood vessels and nerves. Diabetes patients are yin deficiency constitution in the early stage. If moxibustion is carried out, it will lead to excessive yin deficiency and fire in patients. Therefore, moxibustion is not recommended. However, when yin deficiency reaches a certain degree, it will lead to yang deficiency in patients. Therefore, moxibustion can be carried out when yin and yang mutually grow.