Research Progress on the Effect and Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a common clinical chronic metabolic disease characterized by glucose and lipid metabolism disorders, which is often accompanied by a variety of acute and chronic complications, posing a serious threat to the health of patients. In recent years, the incidence of diabetes has increased rapidly, and T2DM patients account for more than 90% among them. At present, the main clinical drug treatment is Chemical medicine to reduce blood suger, with timely blood glucose detection, limiting glucose intake, regular and moderate exercise, etc. In comparison, Traditional Chinese medicine treatment is less and usually used as a kind of adjuvant medicine to treat T2DM. Due to the long-term drug resistance and the uncontrollable drug dose of chemical drugs when blood sugar is unstable, Traditional Chinese medicine, by contrast, is more moderate and stable, and has unique advantages in long-term sugar control. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that many traditional Chinese medicines used to treat T2DM contain a variety of active ingredients that can reduce blood sugar. Therefore, based on the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, this paper reviewed the application and mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in order to provide more reference for the prevention and treatment of T2DM.