Analysis on laws of tradition Chinese medicine treating diabetic retinopathy / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the laws of the treatment of diabetic retinopathy with traditional Chinese medicine.Methods By searching domestic literature of treating DR with traditional Chinese medicine in CNKI from 2000 to 2010, made primary summary and analyzed. Results 85 eligible published documents were found involving 147 medicinal herbs. Herbs with the functions of tonifying, activating blood circulation and eliminating stasis and heat were mostly seen.Cases reported in literature were mainly non-proliferative lesions,occupying a ratio of 58.82%;drug observation time was mainly 12 weeks, occupying a ratio of 44.17%. Conclusion Asthenia,statis and heat were pathological factors existing throughout the whole process of DR. Invigorating, romoting blood circulation, and,cooling blood should be the basic therapeutic methods.