title: Complementary therapy of traditional Chinese medicine for blood sugar control in a patient with type 1 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Using a case study to discuss the effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments on Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  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. HbA1c6.5% 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ming-Huei
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ching-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chin-Chuan
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, St. Joseph Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; School of Chinese Medicine of Post Baccalaureate, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: chechang007@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Che-Chang
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; C476907:liu-wei-di-huang wan
keywords: Complementary and alternative medicine; Traditional Chinese medicine; Type 1 diabetes