As per ayurveda, diabetes is a metabolic kapha type of illness in which decreased working of agni causes a tendency in the direction of high blood glucose.

Ayurvedic practicians attack diabetes using a multiprong approach. Initially, they deal with dietetic change, annihilating sugar and simple carbohydrates, and emphasizing complex carbohydrates.

Protein is limited, since over consumption can harm the excretory organs. Fat is also limited as there is often a lack of pancreatic proteins, making fat digestion hard. Since many diabetes sufferers have autoantibodies, a cleansing program is set up. Panchakarma is generally utilized for this purpose. This starts with massages with herbal oils and an herbal steam sauna, accompanied by fasting to rinse out the body. This is followed by an herbal purge for the liver, exocrine gland, and spleen. Colon therapy is next, first to clean the digestive zone and then to restructure the overall system.

Ayurvedic practicians also make use of different herbal preparations for diabetes patients. Regular workout is another keystone of ayurvedic treatment of diabetes. Yogic exercises and breathing sessions are also used.

Important Herbs For Diabetics:

- The vital herbs for all doshas include arjuna, neem, gudmar turmeric, guggal, shilajit, and amalaki. Turmeric together with aloe vera gel (1 to 3 gms./.035 to .1 oz) is best used during the early phases of diabetes for regulating pancreas and liver functioning.

- Juice of bitter melon or bitter gourd, or Rose apple or two tender leaves of and Neem may be taken on empty stomach regularly. Juice of Jambu should be taken in an ounce quantity two times daily and that of Karela in 1-1/2 ounce dose on a daily basis. Shilajit is another effective medication that should be taken, two times a day with juice of stone apple.

- Fill some 00-size capsules with Curcuma domestica, and take 2 capsules thrice a day, a few minutes before taking meal. Take capsules for 30 days regularly, and then reassess your condition. Clinical study recommends that an insulin dependent person will experience a markedly decreased requirement for insulin; the level of diabetes can often be brought under control.

- Mix half teaspoon of ground bay leaf and half teaspoon of turmeric powder in 1 tablespoon aloe vera gel. Take the mixture two times daily before taking meal.

- Vasanta Kusumakar Ras is really effective but is very pricey. Take two grains on a daily basis with a tablespoonful of cream or honey. In some cases, Vasanta Kusumakar Ras lowers the level of sugar speedily, hence sugar-levels should be carefully observed. When sugar has touched its normal range, the dosage should be taken in a graduated manner along with a 500 mg pill of Chandraprabhavati.

- Mix 100 gm Methi seeds, 50 gm turmeric powder and white pepper. Take one teaspoonful of this powder with milk two times on a regular basis. Soak one teaspoonful of methi seed in water and take this empty stomach, with water or with milk.

- Take decoctions of musta, triphala, lodhra, arjuna, ajwain, sandalwood, methi seed, haritaki, chitrak, vidanga, guduchi and gokshura with a small quantity of ghee. Gudmar and shilajit are the best.

- Amalaki Churna (500mg), Turmeric Powder (500mg) and Naag Bhasma (125mg) should be consumed with honey, two times a day.

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