Research Progress of Salvia Miltiorrhiza in the Treatment of Diabetes and Its Complications
With the increasing number of diabetes patients worldwide,diabetes has become a worldwide public health prob-lem threatening human health.The impact of diabetes is not only the increase in blood sugar,but also the long-term metabolic imbalance may affect multiple system injuries.The common affected parts are eyes,kidneys,heart,blood vessels and nerves.With the progression of the disease,diabetes has become the main cause of death in the later stage of diabetes.Danshen root is one of the commonly used Chinese herbal medicines,which is bitter and cold in nature,returns to the heart and liver meridians,and has the function of removing blood stasis and activating blood circulation.Danshen root,as a supplementary medicine for di-abetes,has a good effect on regulating blood glucose,and its adverse reactions are small,toxicity is low,and it can be treated with multi-target therapy.With the progress of science and technology,Danshen root and its effective components have gradual-ly become the research hotspot.