Clinical Study on the Treatment of Diabetes with Combination of Chinese and Western Medicine / 中国中医药信息杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To probe the effect of combinative therapy of Chinese and western medicine on the long-term prognosis of diabetic patients.Methods The methodology of comparative analysis is used.Patients were randomly divided into two groups.Both groups were given the treatment of diet control and exercise.The group with the remedy of western medicine(Group A) was treated with the project to reduce the blood sugar by taking western medicine according to the blood glucose,weight,former dose-taking,together with basic therapy.The group with the combinative therapy of Chinese and western medicine(Group B) was given the same treatment as Group A in addition with syndrome differentiation treatment for Yin deficiency and extreme heat,Qi and Yin deficiency,Yin and Yang deficiency,Qi stagnation and blood stasis.After the course of the treatment,the change of blood glucose,blood lipid and TCM syndrome were collected for statistics,the complication was observed by two years follow-visit.Results The two groups showed no noticeable difference in blood glucose and blood lipid after the treatment.But Group B showed relative superior improvement in the reduction of low-glucose and other complication two years later.Conclusion The combinative therapy of Chinese and western medicine is effective in improving clinical symptom of diabetes patients,and it may prevent and reduce the incidence of diabetic complications.