Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine

Volume 21: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Charlie Changli Xue RMIT University, Australia

Chuanjian Lu

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China

Key Features

Yuan Ming Di RMIT University, Australia

Lu Sun

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China

• he editors o this series are internatonall recogni ed, well respected leaders in the feld o Chinese medicine and evidence based medicine with strong track records in research

• rigorous scientfc approach is used to review evidence rom clinical studies including randomised controlled trials, controlled clinical trials and non controlled studies o Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture therapies and other Chinese medicine therapies, such as igong and taichi e ercise, Chinese massage and diet therap

• his book provides a comprehensive review o classical Chinese medicine literature. nal sis o the classical literature presents the concepton and treatment o diabetes using herbal medicine, acupuncture related therapies and diet therap

Descripton

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic progressive disease characterised by hyperglycaemia. t a ects man people around the world and creates burden or the individual as well as the econom . Chinese medicine can be used to support the management o pe 2 diabetes mellitus s mptoms. Chapter o the book summarises the conventonal understanding o pe 2 diabetes mellitus, including aetolog , diagnosis and current available treatments.

his book uses the whole evidence approach to give an overview o the available evidence or Chinese medicine treatment or pe 2 diabetes mellitus, rom classical literature to clinical evidence. Evidence rom clinical studies are evaluated using high ualit and rigorous scientfc methodolog . Clinical trial literature o Chinese medicine treatments or pe 2 diabetes mellitus are described, with treatment modalites including Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture and other Chinese medicine therapies. he fndings are anal sed and potental implicatons or clinical practce and research are e plored. E perimental studies that describe the potental mechanisms o acton o ke herbs are summarised. Current evidence o Chinese medicine or pe 2 diabetes mellitus is s nthesised in the fnal chapter, and suggestons or contemporar clinical practce and uture research are also o ered.

argeted at clinicians and students o Chinese and integratve medicine, this book is a convenient re erence that provides comprehensive s nthesis o both classical and contemporar knowledge, which can support and be incorporated into their clinical practce.

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January 2023

£55 | HARDCOVER

978 98 26 033 9

Imprint: World Scientfc Publishing

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Extent: 200pp

Type: onograph

Series: Evidence based Clinical Chinese edicine Volume 21

Main Subject: edicine

Sub-Subjects: lternatve edicine

Chinese edicine | Endocrinolog

Keywords: Evidence based Chinese edicine pe 2 iabetes ellitus

Classical Chinese edicine Literature Chinese Herbal edicine cupuncture Clinical anagement

Readership: Chinese medicine practtoners and students in evidence based Chinese medicine management o t pe 2diabetes mellitus

Contents

• ntroducton to pe 2 iabetes ellitus

• pe 2 iabetes ellitus in Chinese edicine

• Classical Chinese edicine Literature

• ethods or Evaluatng Clinical Evidence

• Clinical Evidence or Chinese Herbal edicine

• Pharmacological ctons o re uentl Used Herbs

• Clinical Evidence or cupuncture and elated herapies

• Clinical Evidence or ther Chinese edicine herapies

• Clinical Evidence or Combinaton herapies

• Summar and Conclusions