Research Progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Complicated with Anxiety and Depression

Abstract

In this era of continuous enrichment of material life, diabetes has been generally considered to be one of the diseases that seriously endanger health. Its complications are diverse, constantly eroding the human body 's heart, brain, kidney, blood vessels, nerves, etc., to the patient 's emotional spirit also brought negative effects. Diabetes combined with anxiety and depression is one of the most common chronic complications of diabetes. The emotional disorders and suicidal tendencies caused by anxiety and depression have become a major problem of social concern. At present, the treatment of this disease is mostly treated with anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs, but a series of problems such as large side effects, long treatment cycle, high price and poor patient dependence lead to poor treatment effect. Traditional Chinese medicine has the advantages of multi-target, low price and small adverse reactions. It has achieved remarkable results in the treatment of diabetes with anxiety and depression. This paper is mainly to systematically and comprehensively summarize and elaborate the treatment of diabetes mellitus with anxiety and depression in recent years, so as to provide more powerful evidence and more effective methods for future clinical treatment.