ABSTRACT
Objective]Summary of the role of adipokineson insulin resistance and the effective components and mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine and its extract in recent years to improve insulin resistance.[ Methods]Consulting CNKI, VIP database, PubMed database about adipokines to improve insulin resistance and effective components of traditional Chinese medicine research literature, summarize the main adipokines and traditional Chinese medicine for improving IR by interfering with the adipokines.[Result]Leptin, adiponectin and resistin and other factors play a key role in the formation of insulin resistance and diabetes.The research on the effect of Chinese herbal medicine extract and its active components on the improvement of insulin resistance by the intervention of the adipokines is also increasing.[Conclusion]The inflammatory reaction mediated by the adipokines is one of the important factors that lead to insulin resistance, traditional Chinese medicine can effectively improve the type 2 diabetes insulin resistance caused by adipokines.