Patent ID: 6093403
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A23L,A61K,Y10S

Abstract:
A dietary supplement for the treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, said supplement comprising the following plant components:Radix ginseng, Radix rehmanniae, Radix ophiopogonis, Fructus schisandrae, Rhizoma dioscoreae, Radix astragali, Radix trichosanthis, Radix puerariae, Fructus lycii, Scleorotium poria cocos, Rhizoma alismatis, Rhizoma coptidis, Fructus rubi, Radix scutellariae, and Radix glycyrrhizae,whereby the dietary supplement is prepared by combining hot-water extracts from the following dried components: Radix trichosanthis, Fructus lycii, Radix rehmanniae, Radix astragali, Rhizoma alismatis, Fructus rubi, Sclerotium poria cocos, Fructus schisandrae, and Radix ophiopogonis, with milled powders of the following dried components: Rhizoma dioscoreae, Radix ginseng, Radix puerariae, Radix glycyrrhizae, Radix scutellariae, and Rhizoma coptidis, in amounts effective to treat non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.