FIELD: medicine, endocrinology, phytotherapy. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to treatment of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (diabetes of the 1-st type). Invention proposes method of treatment of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (1-st type) that involves administration of insulin and intake of antidiabetic medicinal species containing nettle, milk vetch, common wormwood, sweet clover, dandelion and bilberry leaves taken in the definite ratio. In the process of treatment insulin dose is decreased gradually by 0.3-0.5 U of insulin per a month up to the complete abolition of substitution therapy. The following medicinal herbs enriched with chromium ions are added to medicinal species proposed: common ginseng, Eleutherococcus senticosus, Aralia elatum, Echinopanax elatum, Acanthopanax sessiliflorus, Kalopanax septemlobus, glabrous licorice, Athractilodes ovate, flax seeds, major burdock roots, knot-grass, field horse-tail, maned pea-tree (Caragana), black night-shade, Amur corktree bast, Manchurian nut leaves, creeping wheat-grass, common bedstraw, penny-cress, oriental water-plantain, umbellulate wintergreen, bean coats, vetch seeds, maize flowers, hop, Fischer's monkshood rhizomes, thin-leaved milkwort, Codonopsis, fragrant Solomon's-seal, cinquefoil tansy-leaf, Canadien fleabane, Oldheim's figwort, tree-of-heaven-like nut, fence Pavoy, Lindsley's thorough- -wort, Gastrodia elata, platyphyllous cat's-tail, snowdon rose, swampy cudweed, pointed yew, common bilberry, common self-heal, penny-cress, coconut-like Poria, Pachyma choelan, Chinese cinnamon, common cowberry, swampy bog bilberry, medicinal Cornelian cherry, Chinese yam, Baikal's scullcap, Chinese chrysanthemum, Chinese Coptis, Chinese box-thorn, Japanese honeysuckle, cocklebur cardamom, capillaceous Kudzu vine, foxlove, yam, tubercle asparagus. Also, the following plants are used taken in the definite ratio: dioecious nettle, membranous milk vetch, Sivers's wormwood, yellow sweet clove and common dandelion. Use of indicated species in proposed treatment course results to the positive therapeutic effect. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment. 3 cl, 1 tbl
