1. Astragalus: Modern medicine has proven that the traditional Chinese medicine Astragalus can increase insulin sensitivity and lower blood sugar in patients with diabetes. The traditional Chinese medicine Astragalus can increase insulin sensitivity and lower blood sugar by increasing glycogen synthase activity, insulin receptor substrate activity, protein kinase B and protein kinase C activities, thereby increasing glycogen synthase activity.
2. Ginseng: Ginseng can promote the reduction of blood sugar in experimental animals, and can reduce the symptoms of elevated diabetic blood lipids and weakness. Clinical reports indicate that ginseng extract has a therapeutic effect on early-stage mild diabetes, reducing urine sugar and blood sugar. The therapeutic effect can still last for more than 2 weeks after stopping the drug. For mild diabetes, ginseng can be used in combination with raw rehmannia; for moderate and severe diabetes, it should be combined with insulin, because the two have synergistic effects on lowering blood sugar. The daily dosage of ginseng is 3~9g.
3. Wolfberry: Wolfberry can nourish the kidneys and liver, treat liver and kidney yin deficiency, quench thirst, etc. Lycium barbarum extract can promote a long-lasting decrease in blood sugar in experimental animals with diabetes, and can improve diabetic blood lipids and poor vision. Daily use of decoction of wolfberry, Schisandra chinensis, Polygonatum sibiricum, and Radix ginseng as tea can improve thirst symptoms.
4. Salvia miltiorrhiza: It has the functions of promoting blood circulation, promoting blood circulation, cooling blood and nourishing blood. It can remove blood stasis and unblock collaterals. Salvia miltiorrhiza decoction can significantly reduce blood sugar in experimental animals, the effect can last for 5 hours, and can also reduce blood lipids and blood viscosity. Salvia miltiorrhiza, pollen, kudzu root, astragalus, schisandra chinensis, honeysuckle, and scrophulariaceae are effective in treating diabetes combined with hypercoagulation and hyperlipidemia.
5. Rehmannia glutinosa: It has the effect of nourishing yin and clearing away heat. Calculated at 2g per kilogram of body weight, feeding to experimental animals can significantly reduce blood sugar, inhibit and prevent the rise in blood sugar in rabbits caused by epinephrine, and improve diabetic hyperlipidemia and hypertension. When used clinically for diabetes, raw rehmannia is often used with asparagus, wolfberry, etc.
6. Kelp: Contains algin, amino acids, riboflavin, vitamin C, potassium, iodine, calcium, etc. There is an ingredient called sodium alginate in kelp, which can make diabetic patients more sensitive to insulin, reduce fasting blood sugar, improve sugar tolerance, and meet the requirements of high-carbohydrate diet treatment.
7. Corn silk: Corn silk starter has a significant hypoglycemic effect on experimental animal diabetes, and can improve diabetic hypertension and kidney disease. Clinically, a stew of corn silk, astragalus, atractylodes and pig pancreas is used for one-day dietary therapy.
8. Anemarrhena: Anemarrhena water extract can reduce blood sugar in experimental animals, and has a more obvious effect on blood sugar increases caused by drugs. Decoction of Anemarrhena, Trichosanthes, Ophiopogon japonicus and Coptis can improve the symptoms of diabetes (such as thirst, polydipsia, etc.).
9. Red peony root: It is a good product for clearing away heat, cooling blood and dispersing blood stasis. Modern pharmacology has proven that it can improve insulin resistance, lower blood sugar, blood lipids and other effects.
10. Angelica sinensis: This product can nourish blood, activate blood circulation, moisturize intestines and relieve constipation. It has the functions of protecting the liver, preventing the reduction of liver glycogen, sedation, analgesia and anti-inflammatory.
11. Pueraria lobata: This product can relieve muscles, promote yang and clear rash, relieve heat and promote fluid production, and has significant hypoglycemic effect.
In addition, Chinese medicines with hypoglycemic effects include coptis, yam, polygonatum, malt, poria, dodder, gypsum, black plum, atractylodes, atractylodes, scrophulariaceae, agrimony, bark bark, and cocklebur. Zizi, Alisma, Platycodon, Polygonatum, winter mulberry leaves, fairy spleen, etc.