Traditional Chinese Medicines in Treatment of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Classifications of functions of TCM prescribed in 30 traditional Chinese formulas.

Classifications of functions	TCM (Chinese name, times prescribed in 30 formulas)
Invigorating Qi (energy)	Membranous Milkvetch Root (Huang qi, 23); Ginseng (Ren shen, 18); Barbary Wolfberry Fruit (Gou qi zi, 11); Wingde Yan Rhizome (Shan yao, 9); Liquoric Root (Gan cao, 6); Heterophylly Falsestarwort Root (Tai zi shen, 4); Atractylodes Rhizome (Bai shu, 4); Dangshen Root (Dang shen, 3)
Nourishing Yin (body fluids)	Rehmannia Root (Di huang, 22); Mongolian Snakegourd Root (Tian hua fen, 19); Chinese Magnoliavine Fruit (Wu wei zi, 18); Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber (Mai dong, 13); King Solomonseal Rhizome (Huang jing, 8); Fragrant Solomonseal Rhizome (Yu zhu, 5); Cochinchnese Asparagus Root (Tian dong, 4); Common Macrocarpium Fruit (Shan zhu yu, 4); Cochinchnese Asparagus Root (Tian dong, 4)
Clearing heat	Common Anemarrhena Rhizome (Zhi mu, 12); Kudzuvine Root (Ge gen, 11); Golden Thread (Huang Lian, 9); Figwort Root (Xuan shen, 4); Gypsum (Shi gao, 4); Chinese Wolfberry Root Bark (Di gu pi, 4); Tree Peony Bark (Mu dan pi, 3)
Reducing stasis (improving blood circulation and kidney function)	India Bread (Fu ling, 10); Danshen Root (Dan shen, 7); Oriental Waterplantain Rhizome (Ze Xie, 4); Chinese Angelica (Dang gui, 3)