Objective To investigate the laws of the treatment of diabetic retinopathy with traditional Chinese medicine.Methods By searching domestic literature of treating DR with traditional Chinese medicine in CNKI from 2000 to 2010, made primary summary and analyzed. Results 85 eligible published documents were found involving 147 medicinal herbs. Herbs with the functions of tonifying, activating blood circulation and eliminating stasis and heat were mostly seen.Cases reported in literature were mainly non-proliferative lesions,occupying a ratio of 58.82%;drug observation time was mainly 12 weeks, occupying a ratio of 44.17%. Conclusion Asthenia,statis and heat were pathological factors existing throughout the whole process of DR. Invigorating, romoting blood circulation, and,cooling blood should be the basic therapeutic methods.

Objective To observe the effect of Qingrequzhuo capsule on blood pressure of patients with type 2 diabetes metabolism syndrome. Methods 72 cases with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome were randomly recruited into a control group and a treatment group. Based on the conventional treatment, the treatment group was treated with Qingrequzhuo capsule, 5 tablets/time, 3 times/d; While the control group was treated with ramipril tablets 2.5 mg, 1 times/d, respectively. After 3 months, the value of blood pressure and blood lipids were observed. Results After treatment, the blood pressure and blood lipid were significantly improved in both groups(P<0.05), but no significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion Besides improving blood lipids, Qingrequzhuo capsule can also reduce high blood pressure and improve a variety of risk factors to cardiovascular disease.

Objective To explore the the influence ofFurong-Tongmai capsules on myocardial expression of LN and CollagenⅢ in diabetes mellitus (DM) rats.Methods A total of 60 rats were randomly divided into the control group, the model group, the low-, middle- high-dosageFurong-Tongmai capsules group (n=10). The low-, middle-high-dosageFurong-Tongmai group was given 1.4, 0.7, 2.8 g/(kg body weight) Furong-Tongmai capsules. The other two groups were given the same dose of purified water. After 8 weeks treatment, the myocardial was taken to make pathology slice with SP immunohistochemistry staining. The expression of LN and CollagenⅢ were detected.Results Compared with model group, the expression of LN (0.67% ± 0.04%,0.65% ± 0.09%vs. 1.08% ± 0.13%) and CollagenⅢ (0.67% ± 0.15%, 0.69% ± 0.13%vs. 1.17% ± 0.12%) in the middle-high-dosageFurong-Tongmai groups significantly decreased (P<0.05). However, there were no statistical differences between the low-, middle- high-dosageFurong-Tongmai groups and the model group (P>0.05).Conclusions TheFurong-Tongmai capsules could inhibit the expression of LN and CollagenⅢ in DM rats.