OBSERVATION OF EFFECTS WITH NATURAL MEDICINE AND FOOD IN METABOLIC SYNDROME

Xu Hongliang^{1, #}, Wang Fan^{1, #}, Ni Qing^{2, *}, Yu Zhexin³, An Ran¹, Zhang Qiuju¹, Wu Rui¹

¹South area of Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No.138 XingFengNorth St. DaXing District BeiJing China - ²Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 5 BeiXianGe St. XiCheng District BeiJing China - ³NO. 1 people’s hospital of Dongcheng District, No. 130 YongWai St.DongCheng District BeiJing China 

Objective: To observe the effects of natural medicine and food in the treatment of metabolic syndrome.

Methods: 30 patients with metabolic syndrome who visit our outpatient department at South area of Guang’anmen Hospital were randomly divided into control group (n=15) and treatment group(n=15).The control group was given standard treatment of metabolic syndrome, which is lifestyle intervention and drug treatment; the treatment group added water-soluble dietary fiber and dietary prescription on the basis of standard treatment. The body mass index, blood sugar, blood lipids and TCM symptom scores were compared between the treatment group and the control group after 12W.

Results: Treatment group was better than control group in the improvement of relevant indicators and TCM symptom scores (P<0.05).   

Conclusion: Natural medicine and food can improve the effect of metabolic syndrome, show the advantages of traditional Chinese Medicine,celet materials in food-grade and confirm the theory of medicine and food homology.