There is no research showing that cinnamon tablets have the effect of lowering blood sugar. If blood sugar is high, it is recommended to go to the hospital for standardized treatment, not self-medication.
Lowering blood sugar is a Western medical term, and Chinese medicine refers to the treatment of thirst and so on.
Cinnamon tablets are mainly composed of cinnamon. Cinnamon is pungent, sweet and hot in nature. It belongs to the spleen, kidney, heart and liver meridians. It has the effects of tonifying fire and assisting yang, dispersing cold and relieving pain, warming the meridians and channels, and inducing fire to return to the origin. Note that this product is contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency and fire exuberance, and should be taken with caution by pregnant women.
If used for the treatment of cold pain in the waist and knees, frequent nocturia, dysuria, etc., it can be combined with Pseudostellariae, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum and so on; if used for the treatment of abdominal pain and vomiting, loose stools of Yang deficiency in the spleen and kidneys, it can be combined with Pseudostellariae, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix Ginseng and Gan Ginger; if used for the treatment of paralysis of cold and lumbago, it can be combined with Duguo, Morinda Citrifoliae, Dudzhong, etc. The combination of drugs should be carried out under the guidance of a doctor.
When discomfort occurs, it is necessary to consult a doctor in time and choose medication under the doctor’s guidance, and not to use medication on one’s own.