Innovative Thoughts on Treating Diabetes from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 1

Classical formulas and Chinese herbs recommended for T2DM treatment.

Stage	Syndrome	Formula	Efficacy	Components
Stagnation	Qi stagnation due to liver depression	Xiaoyao Powder	Soothing the liver, dissipating stagnation of qi	Radix Bupleuri, Radix Angelicae Sinensis,; Yam, Atractylodes, Poria cocos, Glycyrrhiza, Herba Menthae, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens.
	Spleen and stomach congestion	Houpo Sanwu Tang	Moving qi, removing food stagnation	Officinal Magnolia Bark, Rhubarb, Gardenia.
Heat	Liver and stomach stagnated heat	Da Chaihu Tang	Clearing liver heat, draining stomach fire	Radix Bupleuri, Radix Scutellariae, Rhubarb, Gardenia, Yam, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, Fructus Jujubae.
	Lung and stomach exuberant heat	Bai Hu Tang	Clearing lung heat, engendering fluids to quench thirst	Gypsum Fibrosum, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Oryza sativa L., Glycyrrhiza.
	Stomach and intestine excessive heat	Dahuang Huanglian Xie Xin Tang	Draining stomach and intestine fire	Rhubarb, Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Scutellariae.
	Intestinal damp and heat	Gegen Qin Lian Tang	Clearing heat and draining dampness	Pueraria, Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Scutellariae, Glycyrrhiza.
	Phlegm and heat stasis	Xiao Xian Xiong Tang	Clearing heat and dissolving phlegm	Rhizoma Coptidis, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Semen Trichosanthis.
	Intense heat toxin	San Huang Tang plus Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin	Draining fire and resolving toxins	Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Scutellariae, Rhubarb, Flos Lonicerae Japonicae, Flos Chrysanthemi Indici, Herba Taraxaci, Herba Violae, Herba Begoniae Fimbristipulatae.
Deficiency	Deficiency of body liquid due to excessive heat	Bai Hu plus Renshen Tang	Clearing lung heat, promoting fluid production	Gypsum Fibrosum, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Oryza Sativa L., Glycyrrhiza, Ginseng.
	Effulgent fire due to yin deficiency	Zhi Bai Dihuang Wan	Enriching yin, clearing the fire	Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Cortex Phellodendri, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Asparragi Officinalis, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Poria cocos, Rhizoma Alismatis, Cortex moutan.
	Dual deficiency of qi and yin	Sheng Mai Yin plus Zeng Ye Tang	Boosting qi and nourishing yin	Ginseng, Radix Ophiopogonis, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Radix scrophulariae, Radix Rehmanniae.
	Spleen deficiency and stomach congestion	Banxia Xie Xin Tang	Dispersing stagnation with bitter-acrid medicinals	Rhizoma Pinelliae, Zingiberis, Ginseng, Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Scutellariae, Fructus Jujubae, Glycyrrhiza.
	Cold and heat in complexity	Wumei Wan	Clearing the upper and warming the lower	Fructus Mume, Herba Asari, Zingiberis, Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Typhonii Gigantei, Fructus Zanthoxyli, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Ginseng, Cortex Phellodendri.
Damage	Liver-kidney yin deficiency	Qi Ju Dihuang Wan	Enriching and nourishing the liver and kidney	Fructus Lycii, Flos Chrysanthemi, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Asparragi Officinalis, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Poria cocos, Rhizoma Alismatis, Cortex moutan.
	Dual deficiency of yin and yang	Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan	Enriching yin and supplementing yang	Typhonii Gigantei, Cortex Cinnamomi, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Asparragi Officinalis, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Poria cocos, Alisma, Cortex moutan.
	Spleen-kidney yang deficiency	Fuzi Li Zhong Wan	Warming and supplementing the spleen and kidney	Typhonii Gigantei, Zingiberis, Ginseng, Atractylodes, Glycyrrhiza.