ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2016
Herbal Medicines for Treating Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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- Traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) usage and its association with Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) among individuals with metabolic syndrome in primary care.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Article
- Athrixia phylicoides tea infusion (bushman tea) improves adipokine balance, glucose homeostasis and lipid parameters in a diet-induced metabolic syndrome rat model.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2021Article
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- A Microcosmic Syndrome Differentiation Model for Metabolic Syndrome with Multilabel Learning.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Helminthostachys zeylanica alleviates hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in diet-induced obese mice.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2019Article
- Dihydromyricetin-rich herbal mixture extracts as a potential prescription for treatment of metabolic syndrome in rats fed a high-fat diet and subacute toxicity assessment in rats.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2019Article
- Herbal medicines for metabolic diseases with blood stasis: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Objective. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of herbal medicines in the management of metabolic syndrome. Materials and Methods. On December 9, 2015, we searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, SCOPUS, AMED, CNKI, KoreaMed, KMBASE, OASIS, and J-STAGE with no restriction on language or published year. We selected randomized controlled trials that involved patients with metabolic syndrome being treated with herbal medicines as intervention. The main keywords were "Chinese herbal medicines", "metabolic syndrome", and "randomized controlled trials". Herbal substances which were not based on East Asian medical theory, combination therapy with western medicines, and concurrent diseases other than metabolic syndrome were excluded. The risk of bias was assessed by Cochrane's "Risk of Bias" tool. The protocol or review was registered in PROSPERO (an international prospective register of systematic reviews) (CRD42014006842). Results. From 1,098 articles, 12 RCTs were included in this review: five trials studied herbal medicines versus a placebo or no treatment, and seven trials studied herbal medicines versus western medicines. Herbal medicines were effective on decreasing waist circumference, blood glucose, blood lipids, and blood pressure. Conclusion. This study suggests the possibility that herbal medicines can be complementary and alternative medicines for metabolic syndrome.
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