Treatment of diabetes using traditional Chinese medicine: Past, present and future

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 877-886

  Tong, Xiao Lin ^a   Dong, Liu ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Zhen, Zhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Anti Diabetic Effects; Berberine; Chinese Herbal Medicine; Coptis chinensis; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus; Ginseng; Jamaicin; TCM; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Xiaoke Disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; BERBERINE; CHINESE DRUG; CINNAMON EXTRACT; COPTIS CHINENSIS EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; JAMAICIN; METFORMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BULIMIA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINNAMON; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COPTIS CHINENSIS; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC OBESITY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE MODEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GINSENG; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET DISEASE; PEER REVIEW; POLYURIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDIZATION; SWEETNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XIAOKE;

CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; YIN-YANG;

EID: 84865768248     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X12500656     Document Type: Article

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