Integrated Clinical Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Conventional Medicine on Diabetic Patients

Changhua Christian Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments: Other: clinical evaluation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02564913

111106

Details and patient eligibility

About

In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), examination of the tongue plays an important role in diagnosis. The characteristics of the tongue(e.g., color of the tongue body, tongue fur, teeth-marked tongue) provides some clues and prognosis, which are considered a reflection of the body's internal condition. Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder of hyperglycemia, which lead to damage the kidneys, eyes, nerves, blood vessels, and heart. Long standing hyperglycemia can also be associated with buccal alteration. The purpose of this study was to survey on tongue diagnosis and other examinations associated with diabetic mellitus.

Enrollment: 250 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diabetic patients(ac sugar>126mg/dl or HbA1c>6.5, twice)
• pre-diabetic patients(100mg/dl <ac sugar<126mg/dl, or 5.9<HbA1c<6.5)
• non-diabetic patients(ac sugar<100mg/dl )

Exclusion criteria

• acute infectious disease,
• cancer,
• End Stage Renal Disease

Trial design

250 participants in 3 patient groups

control group

Treatment:

Other: clinical evaluation

pre-DM group

Treatment:

Other: clinical evaluation

DM group