Effect of Yuquan Pill on blood glucose fluctuation of diabetes mellitus patients receiving insulin therapy with deficiency type of qi and yin / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective: To observe the effect of Yuquan Pill on the blood glucose fluctuation of diabetic patients receiving insulin therapy with the deficiency type of qi and yin. Methods: One hundred and six patients in Nanjing city hospital of traditional Chinese medicine from January 2012 to August 2014, with the diabetes mellitus in the view of Western medicine and with deficiency of both qi and yin diagnosis standard according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), were selected and randomly divided into treatment group and control group. The original insulin therapy of all subjects continues. The patients in treatment group were given Yuquan Pill, once daily. The patients in control group were not treated by Chinese materia medica, but kept corresponding follow-up. The course of treatment was 28 d. These indicators were to assess at the beginning and end of the research, including the mean blood glucose level (MBG), duration below low limit (DBLL), standard deviation of blood glucose (SDBG), largest amplitude glycemic excursions (LAGE), mean amplitude of glycemic excursions (MAGE), and means of daily differencies (MODD). Results: In the treatment group, dry mouth and throat, fatigue, eat easy to hunger, shortness of breath, sweating, palpitation, cardiac heat, syndrome integral treatment of insomnia, and tongue were improved significantly compared with before the treatment (P < 0.05); The two groups after treatment, TCM syndromes of throat dry, feverish feeling in palms and soles, sweating, palpitations, insomnia, and tongue coating were better improved significantly in the treatment than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The MAGE of the patients in the treatment group decreased after the treatment compared with those before treatment (P < 0.05). The MAGE level was decreased apparently compared with the control group. Conclusion: This study shows that the fluctuation of blood glucose levels in diabetic patients receiving insulin therapy with the deficiency type of qi and yin can be improved by the treatment of Yuquan Pill.