Chinese Herbal Medicine, A New Hope for Diabetes Patients
Emodin, a natural product that can be extracted from various Chinese herbs including Rheum palmatum and Polygonum cuspidatum, is quite promising as an agent that can reduce the impact of type 2 diabetes.
The findings which was published by the British Journal of Pharmacology August edition, shows that testing of emodin to mice – which induced obesity – lowers blood glucose and serum insulin, improving insulin resistance, and lead more healthy levels of lipids in the blood. Emodin also can lose weight and reduce fat mass. (more…)
