title: [Progress of diabetes research in traditional Chinese medicine in recent years].
abstract: Progress of diabetes researches in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), mainly the work on herb extracts or ingredients at cellular or molecular levels in recent years, was reviewed. The Chinese herbs investigated mostly are qi-invigorating drugs and heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs. It shows that TCM therapy bears positive effect on diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China. jqzqz@126.com
authors.forename: Jia-qing
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal