TCM -- commercial TCM diabetic Rx?

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Hi all,

 

Anyone have knowledge relating to the diabetes

treatments, ostensibly TCM, cited in the following?

 

A patient with relatively mild diabetes type II

asked me about something found on the internet, at:

<http://www.micronutra.com/diamaxol.html>http://www.micronutra.com/diamaxol.html

 

Further through google searching:

http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/reviews/diamaxol-ingredients.html

 

" According to the manufacturer of Diamaxol, a

partial list of Diamaxol ingredients include:

 

Banaba, Guggle (Guggul), Bitter Melon, Licorice

extract, Cinnamon herb powder, Gymnema Sylvestre,

Yarrow, Cayenne, Juniper Berries, Huckleberry, Vanadyl Sulfate

 

The manufacturer of Diamaxol also claims that

" Diamaxol™'s Safe Ingredients Have Been Used By

Millions Of People Over Thousands Of Years. "

 

Investigating other links, this looks like an

organization (Los Angeles Chinese Learning

Center) operating out of China, from or with

close cooperation of the government.

 

And at:

http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/news-article-diabetes-causes.html

 

" Euonymus alatus, a Chinese medicine used in

China for the treatments of diabetes, has shown

to stimulate the beta cells of diabetes-induced

rabbits, and lower their glucose levels. This

was first discovered in a laboratory experiment

in Japan in 1968 [Chemistry Abstract. 70:18809a:

Antidiabetic effect of sodium oxalacetate.

Yoshikawa, Kiyohiko. Iwaki Kyoritsu Hosp., Iwaki,

Japan. Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

(1968), 96 127-41] and then re-confirmed its

effects on dogs in several other experiments

subsequently. Clinical studies on Euonymus

alatus show that it has glucose-lowing effects on human diabetes patients.

 

Currently, the only commercial product that

contains Euonymus alatus is " Dia~Naturale " (also

known as Yu Xiao San 8805). People who are

interested in more information about it can read

<http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/Chinese-medicine-diabetes-hypoglycemic-effec\

t.html>Yu

Xiao San 8805 on Type I and Type II Diabetes and

Hypoglycemic Effects of Selected Ingredients

 

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