Complementary therapy of traditional Chinese medicine for blood sugar control in a patient with type 1 diabetes

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• 作者：Ming-Huei Cheng^d ; Ching-Liang Hsieh^b ; Chih-Yu Wang^e ; Chin-Chuan Tsai^f ; Che-Chang Kuo ; Dr.^a ; ^c ; ^{chechang007@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Complementary and alternative medicine ; Type 1 diabetes ; Traditional Chinese medicine
• 刊名：Complementary Therapies in Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：30
• 期：Complete
• 页码：10-13
• 全文大小：295 K
• 卷排序：30

文摘

Using a case study to discuss the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments on Type 1 diabetes mellitus.Clinical featuresA 4-year-old girl with sudden polyuria and nocturia (fasting plasma glucose level: 270 mg/dL) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Although multiple daily insulin injections were applied, her plasma glucose levels were still unstable. Therefore, she received a complementary TCM therapy by taking modified Liu-Wei-Di-Huang-Wan (3.0 g/day; three times daily) for 3 months. After the treatments, her plasma glucose levels appeared to be more stable. HbA1c 6.5% and insulin injections were reduced to only once a day.ConclusionsThe results suggest that complementary TCM therapy has the ability to assist some patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in controlling their plasma glucose levels.