Abstract:In this paper，the active components and the blood sugar-lowing mechanism of four medicinal materials（Mori folium，Puerariae lobatae Radix，Platycodonis Radix，and Lycii fructus）with edible value were summarized.Further，the research progress in the blood sugar-lowering food on the market was introduced，and the development prospects of the blood sugar-lowering materials with both medicinal and edible values were put forward.The review will lay a theoretical basis for the application of such materials in the development of blood sugar-lowering products.