It can regulate the body’s endocrine system and enhance the ability to regulate blood sugar.19 Radix Astragali (Huang Qi) is the leading herbal medicine in many patent medications for treating diabetes.20 A natural product called dehydroaspergilloic acid isolated from Poria (Fu Ling) cocos has been proven to be an insulin sensitizer that can induce fat conversion in vitro and reduce hyperglycemia in the mouse model of non-insulin-dependent diabetes.21 This evidence concerns the gene INS and type 1 diabetes mellitus.