Jiang Tang Xiao Ke Granule, a Classic Chinese Herbal Formula, Improves the Effect of Metformin on Lipid and Glucose Metabolism in Diabetic Mice

Table 1

Effect of MET combined with JTXK on serum FBG levels in DM mice.

Groups	Dose (g/kg)	FBG (mmol/L)
		Before treatment	2 weeks of treatment	4 weeks of treatment
Normal	—	5.98 ± 0.69	6.03 ± 0.78	5.95 ± 0.60
DM	—	27.13 ± 2.31	26.78 ± 3.05	26.34 ± 3.17
MET	0.19	28.70 ± 2.90	21.92 ± 4.56	15.97 ± 2.46
MET/JTXK	0.19/1.75	26.52 ± 3.65	20.03 ± 3.01	15.53 ± 1.87
	0.19/3.5	28.65 ± 4.84	16.97 ± 3.01	11.12 ± 3.13
	0.19/7	27.78 ± 2.05	16.53 ± 4.12	13.50 ± 3.24

⁢ and versus the normal group; and versus the drug-untreated DM group; versus the MET alone group.