ReviewChinese medicine2023
Non-drug interventions of traditional Chinese medicine in preventing type 2 diabetes: a review.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-pharmacological therapies of traditional Chinese medicine in prediabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of various combined interventions for type 2 diabetes and obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
- Integrating natural non-pharmaceutical therapies into medical tourism: a dynamic health portrait-driven model for proactive older adult health and public health services.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Adjuvant therapy with Traditional Chinese Medicine and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2025Article
- Sirtuin Family in Acute Kidney Injury: Insights into Cellular Mechanisms and Potential Targets for Treatment.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Efficacy of acupuncture combined with heat-clearing prescription on patients with pre-diabetes caused by excessive heat with yin deficiency.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Breaking the silence: factors influencing complementary therapy disclosure among diabetic outpatients in Taiwan.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- NLRP3 inflammasomes pathway: a key target for Metformin.Inflammopharmacology · 2025Review
- Young patients with type 2 diabetes have high relative risks for complications in a country with middle-high sociodemographic index, similarly to those countries with high index.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Perceptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Clinical Practice Experiences, and Teaching Feedback of Diabetes Specialist Nurses: A Qualitative Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Randomized trial and multi-omics, machine learning-based mechanistic exploration of daixie decoction granules in type 2 diabetes.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Uncovering the gut - skin axis: the role of specific traditional Chinese medicine interventions in regulating gut microbiota for diabetic foot ulcers and the analysis of research status.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Exploring the potential anti-diabetic peripheral neuropathy mechanisms of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Decoction by network pharmacology and molecular docking.Metabolic brain disease · 2024Article
- Dilemmas in Elderly Diabetes and Clinical Practice Involving Traditional Chinese Medicine.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Bile acids as a key target: traditional Chinese medicine for precision management of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus through the gut microbiota-bile acids axis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is increasingly used to manage type 2 diabetes and its nonpharmacological interventions are showing potential for preventing type 2 diabetes. This study mainly reviews relevant research. The most mentioned non-drug treatments for preventing type 2 diabetes in TCM are healthy diet, physical activity, emotional therapy, and acupuncture. In most studies, blood glucose status in patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes was significantly improved after TCM non-drug interventions, and there was no significant difference between the adverse effect of TCM and control groups or other intervention groups, while the methodological quality of the clinical trials involving TCM generally kept a low level. The effectiveness of TCM in preventing type 2 diabetes has yet to be validated in large randomized controlled trials and the underlying mechanism also needs further exploration.
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