Bailey C J, Day C
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Diabetes Care. 1989 Sep;12(8):553-64. doi: 10.2337/diacare.12.8.553.
More than 400 traditional plant treatments for diabetes mellitus have been recorded, but only a small number of these have received scientific and medical evaluation to assess their efficacy. Traditional treatments have mostly disappeared in occidental societies, but some are prescribed by practitioners of alternative medicine or taken by patients as supplements to conventional therapy. However, plant remedies are the mainstay of treatment in underdeveloped regions. A hypoglycemic action from some treatments has been confirmed in animal models and non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients, and various hypoglycemic compounds have been identified. A botanical substitute for insulin seems unlikely, but traditional treatments may provide valuable clues for the development of new oral hypoglycemic agents and simple dietary adjuncts.
已记录了400多种治疗糖尿病的传统植物疗法，但其中只有少数经过了科学和医学评估以确定其疗效。传统疗法在西方社会大多已消失，但有些仍由替代医学从业者开出处方，或被患者作为传统疗法的补充剂服用。然而，植物疗法是欠发达地区治疗的主要手段。在动物模型和非胰岛素依赖型糖尿病患者中已证实某些疗法具有降血糖作用，并且已鉴定出各种降血糖化合物。胰岛素的植物替代品似乎不太可能，但传统疗法可能为开发新型口服降糖药和简单的饮食辅助手段提供有价值的线索。
