Chinese Herbal Formula for Diabetes
The first double-blind, randomized,
placebo-controlled, multicenter trial that shows a Chinese herbal formula can
reduce the progression of prediabetes to diabetes was published online January
16, 2014 in the Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology & Metabolism.
The formula, Tianqi, in the trial, includes
ten-ingredients:
Huang Qi (Astragali
Radix)
Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma)
Mai Men Dong (Trichosanthis Radix)
Nu Zhen Zi (Ligustri Lucidi Fructus)
Shi Hu (Dendrobii Caulis)
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix)
Gou Qi Zi (Lycii Cortex)
Han Lian Cao (Ecliptae Herba)
Wu Bei Zi (Galla Chinensis)
Shan Zhu Yu (Corni Fructus)
Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma)
Mai Men Dong (Trichosanthis Radix)
Nu Zhen Zi (Ligustri Lucidi Fructus)
Shi Hu (Dendrobii Caulis)
Ren Shen (Ginseng Radix)
Gou Qi Zi (Lycii Cortex)
Han Lian Cao (Ecliptae Herba)
Wu Bei Zi (Galla Chinensis)
Shan Zhu Yu (Corni Fructus)
The
study found that Tianqi can reduce the risk for diabetes by almost a third
(32.1%) compared with placebo. The proportion of participants who had normal
glucose tolerance after 12 months of receiving either Tianqi or placebo was
63.1% (n=125) and 46.6% (n=89), respectively (P = .001). A total of
36 participants in the Tianqi group (18.18%) and 56 in the placebo group
(29.32%) developed diabetes (P = .01). The results show that the
Chinese herbal medicine was comparable to some medications such as acarbose and
metformin in reducing progression to type 2 diabetes.
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