A Meta-Analysis of the Association between Diabetes Mellitus and Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution.
Fan BaiHui LuoLiying WangLinghui ZhuYuanyuan GuanYanfei ZhengLingru LiQi WangPublished in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2021)
Yin-deficiency and phlegm-dampness are the common constitution types of diabetic people, and they may also be the risk factors of diabetes. Balanced constitution may be a protective factor of diabetes. More high-quality cohort and case-control studies need to be designed to provide more valuable evidence-based basis for assessing the correlation between DM and TCM constitution.