Investigation and thinking about TCM interfering cardiovascular risk factors in obese T2DM / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To approach the status quo and characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) in intefering the related cardiovascular risk factors in obese type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM).Methods:The recent 10 years documents about nitric oxide(NO),endothelin(ET),C reactive protein(CRP),and etc.,eight cytokines which are involved in T2DM and its cardiovascular complications were retrieved and statistically analyzed and all related TCM were pykno-analyzed.Results:① CRP was the focal point at home and abroad,adiponectin(APN) was the hot spot in recent years.② The documents of ET at home was greatly more than that abroad,it may hint some diversity between different races.③ The related TCM were mainly characterized by cleaning heat,enriching yin and qi,activating blood circulation and removing stasis.④ ET and NO were the hot spots in the TCM fi eld.Conclusion:TCM had certain effect on the cardiovascular risk factors above in obese T2DM.