Author: Dr. Vikram Chauhan

October 3, 2016

How to Control Diabetes-Ayurvedic Treatment for Diabetes

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In this world, for every debility and sickness, creator God gave herbs which can counter and manage the problems. The matter is just to explore the properties of these natural herbs. Ayurveda is a great healing system that provides herbal care since ancient times. Ayurveda always payoff side welfares, not side effects. Exploration of life is what Ayurveda is. Ayurveda is an entity which has indispensable characteristics and properties of nature used to provide good, healthy life and cure to various ailments.

Diabetes

Ayurveda View

Ayurveda comprises all the elements together air, earth, water, fire and space mingled to provide three doshas of Ayurveda on which whole ayurvedic treatment revolves around. These are vata, pitta and kapha. Ayurveda helps to treat many problems and serious disorders. One of the severe problem in today world is Diabetes Mellitus means too much sugar is there in the blood. Diabetes is well known disease in Ayurveda. In Ayurveda, it is known with the name of and Madhumeha. It is majorly known to be related with kapha dosha. In Ayurveda there are about 20 classes of diabetes, 10 because of kapha, 6 relates to pitta and 4 due to vata. This ancient health system provides the ayurvedic treatment for diabetes.
Many of herbs and herbal formulations are there to provide ayurvedic treatment for diabetes. In the ayurvedic treatment of diabetes, herbs tend to pacify doshas, due to which this problem occur, manages and cure other causes of diabetes. Above all, first we should have some knowledge about what diabetes is?
Diabetes overlay the world with its harmful effects. It is not just a raise in the blood sugar but many other severe long term complications such as damage or failure of nerves, kidney, eyes and heart, also arise due to diabetes. So it is very important to manage the problem of diabetes.

What do you know about diabetes?

Diabetes, a term describes a chronic malfunction which happens either due to insufficient working of pancreas, makes pancreas unable to produce insulin or body cannot properly use the produced insulin. What is this insulin? Insulin is a hormone which tends to manage and regulate blood sugar levels. So there is problem in the insulin production or usage, problem in the levels of sugar present in the blood. Insulin is very important ingredient to take food glucose and use it as a fuel to provide energy. Generally, hyperglycemia or can call as the condition of raised blood sugar, includes major effects of unbounded diabetes and its long term effects can lead to serious ailments.

Types of Diabetes

  1. TYPE 1 DIABETES : This kind is also known as insulin dependent diabetes. It is a state of autoimmune diseases. It is a condition in which body own immune cells attack pancreas. This damages the working process of pancreas beta cells which are responsible for producing insulin.
    • Due to these problems, pancreas cannot produce insulin.
    • Other problems which can create type 1 diabetes is heavy alcohol consumption, surgery or genetic causes.
    • It generally occurs in childhood, known as juvenile diabetes.
  2. TYPE 2 DIABETES : It is non-insulin dependent diabetes. In this form, insulin is formed in the body but the problem occurs in the insufficient usage of insulin.
    • It arises due to over-weight and inappropriate physical activity.
    • It arises 95% in adults.
  3. GESTATIONAL DIABETES : In this kind of diabetes, there is presence of glycaemia and high sugar level but below the diagnostic range of diabetes. This occurs in pregnant women during pregnancy.
    • It produces complications in pregnancy and at the time of delivery.
    • The children of this kind of diabetic patient are on high risk of diabetes than other.

Symptoms of diabetes

In type 1 symptoms can appear more quickly and severe from that of type 2 diabetes. These symptoms can be

  1. Feeling very hungry
  2. Dry and pale skin texture
  3. Restlessness
  4. Changes in the vision
  5. High urination
  6. More chances of infection
  7. Sores that heal slowly
  8. Loss in weight
  9. Ketone bodies in the urine
  10. Increased chances of vaginal infections

Major issues related to long term diabetes in a patient

There is a network of small blood vessels in the body which nourishes the brain, nerves, eyes and kidneys. Many of the vessels get damage due to diabetes and it became the reason of many severe diseases such as diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, heart attacks and strokes.

How the diabetes can be diagnosed?

Blood tests can estimate the condition of diabetes. These blood tests are glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test, random blood sugar test, fasting blood sugar test and oral glucose tolerance test.

The problem of diabetes can be treated and managed naturally.

Diabetes and Ayurveda

Ayurvedic treatment of diabetes is possible. As the major cause of diabetes in Ayurveda is aggravated kapha. There are herbs in Ayurveda with great importance. With the use of these herbs and their herbal mixtures problem of diabetes and its causes can be managed. It has great benefits as it improves not only physical health but also calms mental stress. The Ayurveda is 100% natural, so it do not cause any kind of side effects.

Diabetes Management in Ayurveda

Planet Ayurveda introduced a care pack for diabetes which contain herbal formulations to combat the problem of diabetes.

Diabetes Care Pack is a combination of different herbal formulations.

  1. Dia-Beta Plus
  2. Karela Capsules
  3. Madhumehantak Churna
  4. Fenugreek Capsules
  5. Diaplan Tea

Diabetes Care Pack

Product Description

1. FENUGREEK CAPSULES

  • Fenugreek is known as methi in hindi. It contains phytochemicals like iron, sodium and various kinds of alkaloids.
  • It helps to balances all kinds of Doshas: vata, kapha and pitta. It is very helpful in controlling blood glucose levels.
  • As it controls blood glucose levels, so helps to maintain the state of diabetes.

Dosage : 2 capsules, twice daily after meals with warm water.

2. DIA-BETA PLUS

  • This is a herbal formulation helps to combat and manage the condition of diabetes.
  • This is a mixture of various herbs. These herbs are

Gurmaar

  • Gurmaar states which kill the sugars. It contain phytochemicals like resins, calcium, amino acid constituents and more.
  • It helps to maintain kapha-vata diseases. It is a great remedy for both types of diabetes and shows great effect to manage blood sugar levels.

Karela

  • It contains alkaloids, glycosides, oils and glycoproteins.
  • It maintains the blood sugar level and very helpful in eradication of type 2 diabetes.

Tulsi

  • It contains euginol and other phytochemicals which helps to regulate blood sugar levels. Due to which this herb is also the part of this formulation.
  • Other herbs in the formulation are Ashwagandha and Saptrangi. These plants also managethe diabetes.

Dosage : 2 capsules twice daily before meals with warm water.

3. Karela Capsules

  • It is also famous with the name of karela. It contains phytochemicals like polypeptides, alkaloids, glycosides and glycoproteins. It is also rich in vitamins like vitamin A and C.
  • It is very useful in controlling blood sugar levels and maintains diabetes.

Dosage : 2 capsules, twice daily after meals with warm water.

4. MADHUMEHANTAK CHURNA

  • It is a blend of various herbs and very useful in treating diabetes.
  • Churna contain herbs like Saptrangi, Vizaysaar, Gurmaar, Darulhadi, Neem Patra, Methi, Jamun, Karela, Tulsi, Sadabahar and Babool

All these herbs has vital chemical components like various kinds of alkanoids, vitamins, glycoproteins, euginol and many more. All combine to give very effective treatment to eradicate diabetes.

Dosage : 1 teaspoonful twice daily with warm water, before meals.

5. Diaplan Tea

A diabetic patient can take Planet Ayurveda’s excellent herbal tea on a regular basis to help control their glucose level in the Blood. Ingredients for this tea include Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), Jamun (Syzigium jambolanum), etc. This tea’s abundance of polyphenols, natural flavonoids, bitters, and antioxidants can be linked to these ingredients. Because of these qualities, it is capable of controlling hyperglycemia by regulating blood sugar levels.

Dosage : 1 Cup of Diaplan Tea, Once Daily.

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September 30, 2016

Best Home Remedies For Water Retention

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Human body is made up of 70% of water. In the human body around 50% body fat contains water, also 75% of muscle tissues are made up of water. Due to any reason if there is increase in the water retention in the body, it can be alarm to many health problems. This condition is also named as edema, in which a medical term given to the excessive water retention. This water retention can be removed by various techniques, but the best thing we can do to use home remedies for the reduction in water retention.

Water Retention

Causes

There may be many reasons for the water retention, some are as below

  • Unbalanced diet
  • Lack of physical activity
  • Overuse of drugs
  • Dehydration
  • Menopause
  • Many diseases like Thyroid, Arthritis etc.
  • Liver diseases
  • Kidney disorders
  • Excessive use of salt and sugar in diet
  • Lack of potassium, vitamins, calcium, proteins and amino acids in diet

Symptoms

To analyze the condition of water retention, we can correlate the following symptoms

  • Puffy face
  • Problem in opening eyes, due to swelling during wakeup time in the morning
  • Bloated feeling
  • Swelling in the body like face and other parts of the body
  • Swelling in joints and adjacent area, like ankles, hands, wrists and feet

Home cures for water retention treatment

1. Garlic to address water retention

The use of garlic can help in getting rid of water retention, as it is the effective natural diuretic food. It is known for removing toxins and excess water from the body. It is known for breaking down the fat molecules as well, which helps in reducing the fat content and hence fights against obesity.

2. Consume more water

To remove water retention from the body, you need to drink lots of water. In routine life a person should at least drink 8 glasses of water per day. Also the consumption of water should be even over the day. The proper time gap should be there in between the water intake. If a person does not maintain this gap and drink too much water in the short period of time, he/she can suffer of water poisoning or hyper hydration. If a person can take water which is purified of dehydrating salt or minerals, can be more effective.

3. Reduce salt intake

The water retention is more in those people who use to consume more salt. Salt attributes to the high level of water retention and leads to the clogging in the water tissue. If you will avoid salt for few days there will be decrease in the water retention in the body. If a person can reduce salt consumption to as less as 0.5 grams for a few days, can help him to get rid of the water retention. If you are avoiding salt, you can use herbs and spices instead of it.

4. Reduction in the sugar intake

Sugar is a big factor behind the most common metabolic disorder named diabetes, due to which the body suffers a lot. It increases the general insulin level and results in the decrease of body’s ability to digest sodium. This leads to the accumulation of excessive salt in the body, which contributes to water retention. So we can say, sugar indirectly aggravate the in water retention. So getting rid of increase in the blood sugar the person should avoid excessive sweet cakes, candies, soda, cookies and sugary cereals.

5. Use of natural diuretic

Naturally available diuretic can be used or consumed to reduce the water retention in the body. Diuretic medicines available in the market are helpful in reducing the water retention, but these possess lots of side-effects of these drugs and are often prescribed to those who are from excessive water retention. Natural diuretics can be used instead of diuretic medicines. Some natural diuretics are as below

Cranberry juice can be used as natural diuretic, it can be consumed anytime a day. It is very refreshing and can be used in liberal quantities to getting rid of water retention.

Cabbage is very effective natural diuretic. Leaves of cabbage can be used in salad or can be chew directly to get best result. It is the best home remedy to reduce the water retention. Some other natural diuretics are celery, celery seed, green tea, tea leaf, fennel, nettle, dandelion, apple cider vinegar, parsley and juniper berries, which are known as effective home remedies to reduce water retention.

6. Exercise or physical workout

To stay healthy, physical activity is very important to add in routine life. The excess water reduction can be easily done by exercising. Some exercises like or playing tennis, badminton, walking, running and cycling, increase the physical activity and results in the loss of excessive water accumulation in the body. Along with water, exercises expel all the toxins, salts and other wastes out from the body. Exercises can also help in reducing blood sugar, burn fats and balance the metabolic system.

7. Avoid alcohol

Alcohol though an initial diuretic, turns into a potent cause of dehydration. This forces the body to retain even more water. Replace alcohol intake it herbal teas or green tea, which are known diuretics without negative side effects.

8. Potassium rich food

Water retention can also be because of lack of potassium in the body. The use of some fruits or vegetables rich in potassium can be used to reduce the excess water from the body. The use of banana is the best to reduce the problem of water retention in the body, because it is the richest source of the potassium. Some other names are; strawberries, raisins, apricot, blackberries, peaches, spinach, fresh mushrooms, bell peppers, oranges, raspberries and apples.

9. Herbal tea

The regular use of herbal teas can be effective in reducing the water retention from the body. These are diuretic in nature and help in removing the excess water from the body. The use of herbal teas can prevent a person from many diseases and also are safe with no side-effects.

10. High water content foods

The consumption of foods with high water content can also be helpful in reducing water content from the body. The list of fruits or vegetables with high water content is as follows; cucumbers, artichokes, lettuce, watermelon, tomatoes, watercress, asparagus, cabbage, oats, sprouts and carrots. These fruits and vegetables are rich in water content and can be helpful in preventing many disorders in the body. The above mentioned home remedies can be effective to reduce the water content from the body. These are helpful in reducing swelling and other disorders related to the water retention.

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