title: Benefits of Chinese Medicine Among Patients with Diabetic Foot: An Expert Review from Clinical Studies.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Increasing attention is being given to the use of Chinese medicine (CM) for preventing and healing vascular complications of chronic ulcerative lesions of diabetic foot.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purposes of this paper are to describe some benefits of CM for the treatment of diabetic foot and to provide some expert opinions based on some case studies and evidence from documented Chinese traditional medicine literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  A critical review of the literature and a case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cumulative evidence in the literature indicate that CM preparations possess anti-inflammatory activities, antioxygenation, antibiosis, antibacterial, antiallergic and beneficial effect on the viability of fibroblasts. Case record suggested that after CM treatment the patient with Wagner Grade IV ulcers healed completely.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is becoming increasingly important for integrated CM and biomedicine therapy to treat diabetes-related vascular complications. The opportunities for effective CM interventions are significant, and more solid evidence is warranted to show the efficacy of CM in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in the near future.
authors.forename: Yun-Yu
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yu-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jing-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Dongzhimen Hospital, 5#, Haiyuncang Dongzhimen, Beijing, China. yuxiuch@sina.com.
authors.forename: Xiu-Chen
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ai-Ping
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal