A traditional Chinese medicine called Jiao-tai-wan might help rats that don't get enough sleep process sugar better, by lowering certain blood markers and activating helpful pathways in their body.

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Jiao-tai-wan Up-regulates Hypothalamic and Peripheral Circadian Clock Gene Cryptochrome and Activates PI3K/AKT Signaling in Partially Sleep-deprived Rats

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This study found that a traditional herbal remedy called Jiao-tai-wan helped sleep-deprived rats process sugar better by lowering insulin levels and activating helpful body signals in the brain, liver, and fat tissue.

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Jiao-tai-wan Up-regulates Hypothalamic and Peripheral Circadian Clock Gene Cryptochrome and Activates PI3K/AKT Signaling in Partially Sleep-deprived Rats

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DOI: 10.1007/s11596-018-1934-x

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Giving a traditional herbal remedy called Jiao-tai-wan to sleep-deprived rats helps them gain less weight, eat less, and become more sensitive to insulin, while also calming down body-wide inflammation — and this might be because it boosts certain body clock genes in key organs.

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When rats don't get enough sleep over a long time, their bodies show signs of inflammation and trouble managing blood sugar, but giving them a traditional herbal remedy called Jiao-tai-wan seems to help reduce these problems.

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A traditional herbal remedy called Jiao-tai-wan may help calm down inflammation in sleep-deprived rats by lowering certain body chemicals and turning down a key inflammation switch in their brain, liver, and fat tissue.

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