Clinical study on Jiang Tang San in treating non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus patients) in treating non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus patients

The therapeutic effect of Jiang Tang San (JTS) on 30 cases with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), was observed, whose fasting blood glucose ranged from 11. 1 mmol/L to 13. 8 mmol/L. The results suggested that JTS has significant effect on NIDDM patients in lowering blood glucose, blood lipid and blood pressure levels. Clinical symptoms and blood glucose improved rapidly. JTS promoted the elevation of serum insulin level 1 hour after meal. The total effective rate of lowering blood glucose reached 86.7%. The results showed JTS is better than berberine on lowering blood glucose (P<0.01) and when patients failed to respond to other hypoglycemics or on recurrence JTS was still effective. There were no marked side-effects during the course of treatment.