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A Review of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Research on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and its Common Chronic Complications

Zhiyuan You1, Junhong Lu1, Yifeng Xu1, Yiqin Wang1, Yiming Hao1★★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Health Identification and Assessment/ Laboratory of TCM Four Diagnostic Information, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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Yiming Hao

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Health Identification and Assessment/ Laboratory of TCM Four Diagnostic Information, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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Received: 23-10-2023; Accepted: 06-02-2024.

Volume 20, Issue 3 · pp. 712–720 · PUBLISHED 2024 · DOI: 10.1177/09731296241234717

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ABSTRACT

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of diabetes complications in China, threatening people’s health and quality of life seriously. Over the past few years, with the change in lifestyle and dietary habits, the course of diabetes mellitus is gradually prolonged, and complications in diabetic patients are becoming increasingly common, so scholars have studied the syndrome associated with this disease, which has led to certain research findings. The purpose of this article is to summarise the research progress of diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetes mellitus with heart disease, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and other chronic complications of diabetes mellitus from two aspects of literature and clinical research, present directions and strategies for standardising syndrome types of diabetes mellitus and its common chronic complications.

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    You, Z., Lu, J., Xu, Y., Wang, Y., & Hao, Y. (2024). A Review of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Research on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and its Common Chronic Complications. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 20(3), 712–720. https://doi.org/10.1177/09731296241234717