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

Complement Ther Med

Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, St. Joseph Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; School of Chinese Medicine of Post Baccalaureate, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address:

Published: February 2017

Objective: Using a case study to discuss the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments on Type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Clinical Features: A 4-year-old girl with sudden polyuria and nocturia (fasting plasma glucose level: 270mg/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 (3.0g/day; three times daily) for 3 months. After the treatments, her plasma glucose levels appeared to be more stable. HbA 6.5% and insulin injections were reduced to only once a day.

Conclusions: The results suggest that complementary TCM therapy has the ability to assist some patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in controlling their plasma glucose levels.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2016.09.007DOI Listing

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