Ancient Records and Modern Research on the Mechanisms of Chinese Herbal Medicines in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

Figure 1

Frequency of heat-clearing (Qing Re) drugs for “Xiao Ke” mentioned in 54 monographs on Chinese materia medica. Heat-clearing drugs are of Liang (cold or cool) or bitter taste. a: Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi; b: Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.; c: Fructus et semen trichosanthis kirilowii; d: Lemna minor L.; e: Gypsum fibrosum; f: Alisma orientale (Sam.) Juz.; g: Coptis chinensis Franch.; h: Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge; i: Lophatherum gracile Brongn.; j: Succus bambusae (Recens); k: Arctium lappa L.; l: Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.; m: Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.; n: Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb.; o: Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi; p: Solanum lyratum Thunb.; q: Vitex negundo var. cannabifolia (Siebold and Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz.; r: Phellodendron chinense C. K. Schneid.; s: Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis; t: Lycium chinense Mill.