Research Progress on the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Combined with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Traditional Chinese Medicine

Abstract

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) combined with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been increasing in recent years, and more and more clinical attention has been paid to it. The two diseases often accompany each other and promote each other’s disease processes, and insulin resistance may be a key factor in the pathogenesis of the two diseases. At present, the clinical treatment of western medicine mainly includes regulating blood glucose and insulin resistance, improving lipid accumulation, and improving liver function. Compared with western medicine, TCM treatment has more advantages in efficacy, side effects, and safety. Based on expert monograph, and ancient and modern literature, the author summarizes the etiology, pathogenesis, syndrome differentiation, and treatment, and further elaborates the diagnosis so as to put forward the prospect for the establishment of follow-up guidelines.