Category: Diabetes & Complications

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 22, 2016

Lifestyle and Home Remedies for Type 1 Diabetes

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Talk to a person and you will come to know that he/she is diabetic. It is awful but a bitter truth too. Diabetes has become such a common health issue these days.  Our life, eating habits and various other things are reliable for the numerous health issues. Type 1 diabetes which occurs in the children and young people. It is insulin-dependent diabetes in which pancreas does not produce insulin. Increased urination, fatigue, weight loss, excessive thirst, blurred vision and slow healing of the wounds and cuts are the symptoms associated with the diabetes.

Type 1 Diabetes

But a healthy lifestyle and home remedies for type 1 diabetes are quite good to manage this problem. We should be always thankful to Mother Nature who has blessed us with so many natural things to cure the several ailments.  Type 1 Diabetes can be managed with the things which are listed below

Home Remedies for Type 1 Diabetes

Indian blackberry or Black Plum

Indian blackberry which is also known as Jamun. It is also considered as the one of best home remedy for type 1 diabetes. Seeds of Indian blackberry are packed with glycoside which helps to prevent the conversion of starch into sugar.

Directions to use

  • One can eat 6 – 7jamun in the morning.
  • Alternatively you may also take one teaspoonful of jamun seeds powder along with a glass of  warm water daily.

Bitter gourd

Bitter gourd is known to be very effective home remedy for the type 1 diabetes. Phytochemical compounds –  charatin and momordicin which are present in bitter gourd are loaded with the  with blood sugar lowering properties.it also contains a biochemical compound, plant insulin-polypeptide-P which acts  like the insulin and helps to decrease the  sugar levels in the body.

Directions to use

  • Drink 50-60 ml bitter gourd juice on an empty stomach in morning.
  •  Alternatively you can include Bittergourd as a dish or curry at least once in a week.

Fenugreek

Fenugreek is also known as an effective home remedy for type 1 diabetes. It has the hypoglycemic activity which helps to improve glucose tolerance in body and also decreases the blood sugar levels. Moreover due to rich source of fibers, it helps to slows down the absorption of sugars and carbohydrates.

Directions to use

  • Soak one two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds in water overnight.
  • Drink this water along with the seeds on an empty stomach in the morning.
  • Do it regularly and you can see the noticeable change in blood sugar levels.
  • Another option is consume one- two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds powder with water or milk every day.

Flax seeds (Alsi)

Being rich in the fiber, flax seeds help in the absorption of sugar and fats from blood. So Consumption of flax seeds is a quite useful home remedy to lower the blood sugar levels in type 1 diabetes.

Directions to use

Consume one tablespoon of flaxseed powder with a glass of warm water or milk in every morning on an empty stomach.

Neem

Consumption of neem juice is also another effective home remedy to manage the type 1 diabetes. As neem helps to enhance the insulin receptor sensitivity which helps to decrease the blood sugar levels.

Aloe Vera

Aloe vera is quite beneficial to lower the fasting blood glucose levels. As it contains the phytosterols and its anti- hyperglycemic properties help to manage the high blood sugar levels.

Directions to use

  • Mix together one tablespoon of aloe vera gel, one-half teaspoon each of ground bay leaves and turmeric.
  • Consume it two times in a day, before having lunch and dinner.

Indian Gooseberry

It is commonly called as amla and being a rich source of vitamin c promotes the functioning of pancreas. So consumption of amla juice is also quite effective to lower the blood sugar levels in diabetes.

Directions to use

  • Consume amla juice two times in day.
  • Alternatively you can mix one tablespoon of Indian gooseberry juice in a cup of bitter gourd juice. Drink it every day for best results.

Lifestyle for Type 1 Diabetes

  • Being healthy and living healthy life style have always been very important to us
  • Include the high fiber foods in your diet like –

Fruits : cranberries, apples, blueberries, grapes, pear, plum, peach, watermelon and cherries are good in type 1 diabetes.

Vegetables : Asparagus, carrots, celery, cauliflower, eggplant, cucumber, corn, onions, peas, lettuce, peppers, bitter melon, turnip and chilies.

  • Do the exercise daily.
  • Do mediation, deep breathing because these thing help to overcome the stress. As the stress is also responsible to raise your blood sugar levels.
  • Sit for few minutes in sunlight as it helps in production of vitamin D which is important for insulin production.
  • Drink plenty of water throughout the day.

Things to be avoided

  • Avoid spicy and oily foods.
  • Take small meals 4-5 times in day instead of  eating in bulk.
  • Avoid unhealthy saturated fats
  • Avoid alcohol consumption
  • Avoid sugar

Lifestyle and home remedies for type 1 diabetes which are mentioned above are quite beneficial to manage this problem. So be positive and follow a healthy routine to keep yourself healthy and fit.

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