Liu Wei Di Huang Wan and Diabetes
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), when given as a therapy
for symptom relief, has gained widespread popularity among diabetic patients.
The aim of this study is to analyze the utilization of TCM among type 2
diabetic patients in Taiwan. The use of TCM for type 2 diabetic patients were
evaluated using a randomly sampled cohort of 1,000,000 beneficiaries recruited
from the National Health Insurance Research Database. Overall, 77.9% (n =
31,289) of type 2 diabetic patients utilized TCM and 13.9% (n = 4,351) of them
used TCM for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Among the top ten most
frequently prescribed herbal formulae, four remedies, Zhi-Bo-Di-Huang-Wan,
Qi-Ju-Di-Huang-Wan, Ji-Sheng-Shen-Qi-Wan and Ba-Wei-Di-Huang-Wan are derivative
formulae of Liu-Wei-Di-Huang-Wan. In other words, Liu-Wei-Di-Huang-Wan and its
derivatives were found to be the most common herbal formulae prescribed by TCM
doctors for the treatment of diabetes in Taiwan. Although some evidence does
support the use TCM to treat diabetes, the results from the current study may
have been confounded by placebo effect, which emphasize the need for well
conducted, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled studies in order to
further evaluate the efficacy of Liu-Wei-Di-Huang-Wan on patients with type 2
diabetes.
Source: Huang CY,
Tsai YT,
Lai JN,
Hsu FL.
Prescription
pattern of chinese herbal products for diabetes mellitus in taiwan: a
population-based study. Evid Based
Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:201329.
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