ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017
Herbal acupuncture for type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis.
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- Non-drug interventions of traditional Chinese medicine in preventing type 2 diabetes: a review.Chinese medicine · 2023Review
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- Does Use of Acupuncture Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis? Evidence From a Universal Coverage Health Care System.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Systematic Transcriptome and Regulatory Network Analyses Reveal the Hypoglycemic Mechanism of Dendrobium fimbriatum.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2020Article
- Current Status of Management on Pharmacopuncture in Korea through Introduction of an Accreditation System.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2019Article
- Acupuncture and related techniques for type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review protocol.Medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Herbal acupuncture (HA) is a modern adjunctive technique in which natural herbs or biologic substances are injected into acupuncture points. The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate evidence of the effectiveness of HA for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Three databases were searched. The included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluated HA in controls and patients with T2DM and reported at least one of the following: Fasting blood glucose (FBG), postprandial (PP2hr) glucose and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). In a meta-analysis of seven RCTs (n=598 patients), HA significantly reduced levels of FBG, PP2hr glucose and HbA1c (P<0.0001, P=0.0005 and P=0.004, respectively). There was no significant effect of HA on total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, or triglyceride level. High degrees of heterogeneity were present for all analyses except HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol. HA might have a beneficial effect on FBG, PP2hr glucose and HbA1c levels in patients with T2DM; however, because of several limitations, the results are inconclusive. Therefore, additional rigorous RCTs are warranted to overcome the limitations of previous studies.
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