Compositions and methods useful for management of blood sugar

A composition useful for long-term management of hyperglycemia and symptoms thereof, comprising traditional Chinese remedies' ingredients, said ingredients comprise

• i) Psidium guajava L. (fan shi liu ye),
• ii) Herba dendrobii (shi hu) and/or Mume fructus (we mei),
• iii) Radix trichosanthis kirilowii (tian hua fen) and/or Gypsum (shi gao), and
• iv) at least two of Rhizoma coptidis (huang lian), Radix rehmanniae glutinosae (shen di huang), and Radix et Rhizoma rhei (da huang),
• provided that when either the component iii) or iv) comprises all its ingredients, the other component is optional, and wherein said ingredients comprise between 60 and 100% by weight of the composition.