Chinese Herbal Medicine Versus Other Interventions in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

ABSTRACT: Diabetes affects 422 million people and directly caused 4.9 million deaths according to the global report on diabetes in 2014. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90% of people with diabetes around the world. Chinese herbal medicine treatment for diabetes has more than 2000-year history in China. An increasing number of people around the world are trying to manage type 2 diabetes with Chinese herbal medicine. However, there is a lack of evidence to decide if Chinese herbal medicine is effective and safe when compared with other interventions for the treatment of type 2 diabetes We identified 58 randomized controlled trials involving 6637 participants with type 2 diabetes with trial periods lasting from 8 weeks to 1 year (average 12 weeks). We extracted data following a predefined hierarchy. A tot

SUBMITTER: Yu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6053856 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature