Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Obesity and Dyslipidemia Treated by Chinese Herbal Medicine

The diagnostic criteria for type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity are based on the Guideline for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in China (2020 edition). The diagnostic criteria of dyslipidaemia are based on the Chinese Guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Dyslipidaemia in Adults (2016, revision edition).

Inclusion criteria

• Meet at least three of the requirements below; 1) Fasting Plasma Glucose > 6.1 mmol/L or 2-hour Postprandial Blood Glucose > 7.8 mmol/L or diagnosed as type 2 diabetes mellitus; 2) Body Mass Index > 25 kg / m2; 3) Total Cholesterol > 5.2 mmol / L; Or Triglyceride > 1.70 mmol / L; Or Low-Density Lipoprotein > 3.12 mmol / L; Or High-Density Lipoprotein < 1.04 mmol/L. 4) Systolic blood pressure > 130 mmHg or Diastolic blood pressure > 85 mmHg or diagnosed as hypertension;
• Received 6 months of continuous Chinese herbal medicine treatment;
• During the period of receiving Chinese herbal medicine, the patients continued to take western medicine according to the doctor's advice as before.
• During the period of receiving Chinese herbal medicine, diet and exercise continued according to the original routine, and the tests would be reviewed in the same institution.
• Aged 18 to 80 years at the time of their consent;
• Signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who had serious heart, lung, liver, kidney and brain diseases; serious infectious or hemorrhagic diseases; serious nervous system diseases, mental instability; or could not cooperate with treatment were excluded.