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

Figure 3

Frequency of meat, grains, fishes, and other food that help treat “Xiao Ke” mentioned in 54 monographs on Chinese materia medica. a: chicken; b: millet; c: barley; d: bamboo shoot; e: cony meat; f: Benincasa hispida; g: watershield leaf; h: mud eel; i: radish; j: foxtail millet seed; k: snail; l: cow’s milk; m: goose meat; n: Charr; o: long surf clam; p: wheat; q: mung bean; r: Gallus black-bone silky fowl; s: hairy chestnut seed; t: giant gecko.