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ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015

Application of Herbal Medicines with Bitter Flavor and Cold Property on Treating Diabetes Mellitus.

Hongdong Chen, Jing Guo, Bing Pang, Linhua Zhao, Xiaolin Tong

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Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hongdong ChenGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
Jing GuoGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
Bing PangGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
Linhua ZhaoGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
Xiaolin TongGuang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
Guang’anmen Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus has been a global pandemic. Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used on diabetes mellitus for thousands of years and the modern Chinese medicine studies have found a curative effect of herbal medicine with bitter flavor and cold property on diabetes. This review will introduce the theory summary of flavor and property in TCM, argument basis, the evidences from clinical trails and animal experiments, the possible antidiabetic mechanisms, and advantages on lowering glucose of herbal medicines with bitter flavor and cold property and take rhizome, Chinese rhubarb, and Momordica charantia, the three herbal medicines with bitter flavor and cold property, as examples to illustrate the exact antidiabetic effect. It is hoped that this review can provide some ideas and inspiration for the treatment of diabetes with herbal medicine.

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PMID26557150
PMCPMC4628671
OpenAlexW2153143293

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