Jiaogulan and blood sugar
What 2 graded rows on jiaogulan agree on for blood sugar, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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Each block and row is one graded row from the Jiaogulan page, with its PubMed record.
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Jiaogulan and blood sugar
2 rows · 608 peopleThey agree: both rows found an improvement.
- CGrade C× 1
- DGrade D× 1
- Rows
- 2
- Trials
- 9
- People
- 608
- Pooled reviews may count some twice
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade C, is a meta-analysis of 584 people (2026) and found an improvement.
The rows run from 24 to 584 people, published from 2010 to 2026: 1 pooled review and 1 single study.
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2 improved- CGrade CFasting glucose, HbA1c and 2-hour glucose in type 2 diabetes · Improved
Meta-analysis, 8 studies · n 584 · 2026 · People with type 2 diabetes in 8 randomized trials, jiaogulan alone or added to standard treatment
Varied by trial · 14 to 180 days
Fasting glucose fell by 0.79 mmol/L (95% CI −1.08 to −0.51; 8 trials) versus control, HbA1c by 1.01 percentage points (95% CI −1.41 to −0.61; 4 trials) and 2-hour glucose by 0.90 mmol/L (95% CI −1.95 to −0.15; 3 trials); longer treatment and jiaogulan used alone showed larger effects.
- DGrade DFasting glucose, HbA1c and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes · Improved
RCT · n 24 · 2010 · Adults with drug-naive type 2 diabetes
6 g/day · 12 weeks
Fasting glucose fell 3.0 mmol/L versus 0.6 on placebo tea (p<0.01) and HbA1c about 2 percentage points versus 0.2 (p<0.001); insulin resistance improved. No hypoglycemia or kidney, liver or digestive side effects; lipids, blood pressure and body measures did not differ.