Clinical Observation on the Effect of Wentang Granule for Impaired Glucose Tolerance——A Report of 48 Cases / 中医杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of Wentang Granule(Granule for Stabilizing Glucose) on impaired glucose tolerance(IGT) of type Ⅱ diabetes.Methods Totally 150 patients with diagnosis of IGT were randomly divided into 3 groupseducation group,observation group,and control group,with 50 cases in each.They were treated with guidance on life style,Wentang Granule,and Acarbose respectively and observed for 2 years.The observed indexes included fasting blood glucose(FBG),serum lipid,body mass index(BMI),waist hip ratio(WHR),changes of TCM symptoms and scores.The therapeutic effect was evaluated with the changes of glucose tolerance.Results After treatment,the conversion rate of normal glucose tolerance and diabetes of the observation group and control groups was significantly different from that of the education group(P