[Clinical efficacy of special effect san xiao decoction on type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacies of the special effect San Xiao decoction on type 2 diabetes mellitus and its impact on inflammatory factors.

Methods: 116 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomly divided into control group and observation group from Aug. 2010 to Aug. 2012, and each group had 58 cases. Both of the two groups were given the conventional basic treatment and 0.5 g/time, oral, 2 times/d of metformin. The observation group was received 1 dose/d of special effect San Xiao decoction on the basis of the basic treatment, and the treatment course was 12 weeks. The fasting blood glucose (FBG), 2h postprandial blood glucose (PBG), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 ( IL-6) and c-reactive protein (CRP) were observed after the treatment.

Results: The FBG, PBG, HbA1c and insulin sensitive index (ISI) of the observation group were better than those of the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01); BMI and body weight of the observation group were lower than those of the control group (P < 0.05); The blood sugar control effect of the observation group was better than that of the control group (P < 0.05); The hypoglycemia incidence of the observation group was lower than that of the control group (P < 0.01); TNF-alpha, IL-6 and CRP of the observation group were lower than those of the control group (P < 0.01).

Conclusion: The clinical efficacy of the special effect San Xiao decoction on type 2 diabetes mellitus is significant, it has the role of alleviating inflammatory response for diabetes and it also has less adverse reactions, which is worth to be applied in clinical.