In order to protect the liver, we must adopt scientific methods. Clinically, doctors suggest taking X+ 1, that is, adding a drug to protect the liver while taking hypoglycemic drugs, such as sunflower liver protection tablets, which can be used to prevent and treat drug-induced liver injury caused by long-term medication in diabetic patients, and can also improve the detoxification and metabolism function of the liver, which is conducive to blood sugar control.
Modern clinical medical research shows that mulberry leaves are rich in amino acids, cellulose, vitamins, minerals and a variety of physiological active substances, which have many health care effects such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat and delaying aging. It has adjuvant therapeutic effect on patients with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. These effects are related to the active ingredients contained in mulberry leaves.
Mulberry leaves-dual-use raw materials approved by the Ministry of Health. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that mulberry leaves "decoct with juice instead of tea to quench thirst". In 1963, Shart et al reported the hypoglycemic effect of mulberry leaf water extract for the first time. Flavonoids and polysaccharides from mulberry leaves have inhibitory effects on α -glucosidase and α -amylase in porcine pancreatic juice, and their inhibitory effects are significantly higher than those of flavonoids and polysaccharides alone, indicating that the combination of them has synergistic effect in lowering blood sugar.
Pharmacopoeia requires mulberry leaves to be "frosted", and modern famous doctor Zhang also thinks that mulberry leaves should be old frosted. Some people have studied mulberry leaves at different growth stages, and found that the content of effective substances in mulberry leaves is obviously higher in late autumn and winter after first frost. Picking fresh mulberry leaves and eating them with traditional decocting method or home-cooked dishes will destroy the activity of hypoglycemic components in mulberry leaves at a certain temperature and taste bitter. Therefore, modern research uses freeze-drying technology to process mulberry leaves-freeze-dried mulberry leaves, which are dried at low temperature. The volume and shape of mulberry leaves are almost unchanged, which keeps the original biological structure of mulberry leaves and reduces the damage to hypoglycemic components of mulberry leaves.
Mulberry leaves are rich in hypoglycemic components (polysaccharides, flavonoids and alkaloids DNJ), which can scavenge free radicals, maintain the structural integrity of insulin β cells, maintain physiological functions, reduce the blood sugar level of diabetic patients and prevent complications. It can also reduce blood sugar and blood lipid, increase insulin level, promote insulin secretion and repair islet β cells.
Polysaccharides, flavonoids and alkaloids in mulberry leaves can inhibit the increase of blood sugar and make the blood sugar index reach a stable state. Under the condition of normal and stable blood sugar, the dosage of original hypoglycemic drugs can be reduced according to the specific situation under the guidance of doctors to reduce adverse drug reactions. The total flavonoids in mulberry leaves can protect the liver, and long-term drinking can reduce the damage of oral hypoglycemic drugs to the liver.
Special attention should be paid to the diet of diabetes, and eating more foods that can control the total heat energy is the first principle of diabetes diet treatment. On the basis of nourishing the liver, we should supplement enough carbohydrates and dietary fiber to ensure normal blood sugar.