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Natural Diabetes Herbals

Wed, 2010-06-23 01:54 -- Thiruvelan

Natural Diabetes herbals such as Ivy’s gourd, herbal combination Chandraprabha and Gokshur are useful to control glucose level and nourish pancreas, liver, kidney, heart, & eye.

What is Ivy Gourd?

Coccinia Cordifolia is also called as Ivy gourd, baby watermelon, little gourd, gentleman's toes.

Ivy’s gourd is a tropical vine (woody climbing plant that bears grapes like fruits), nativity extents from Africa to Asia, including India, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Australia.

Green vegetable Ivy’s gourd is used for cooking as vegetable, well-ripped fruits are sweet to eat and can be taken raw.

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Diabetes Ivy Gourd

Coccinia indica (synonym Coccinia cordifolia), an herbal growing abundantly in India, has been used in traditional diabetes treatment.

Juice of the roots and leaves is considered useful in the treatment of diabetes. The stem juice is dripped into the eyes to treat cataracts. The leaves are useful as a poultice in treating skin eruptions. The plant is laxative and used internally in the treatment of gonorrhoea. Aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the plant have shown hypoglycemic principles.

Ivy Gourd Diabetes Study

Effect of Supplementation of Coccinia cordifolia Extract on Newly Detected Diabetic Patients. This study is performed by Rebecca Kuriyan, PHD, Ramaswamy Rajendran, MSC, Ganapathi Bantwal, MD, and Anura V. Kurpad, MD at Division of Nutrition, Institute of Population Health and Clinical Research, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore 560034, India. The study result show, there was a significant decrease in the fasting, postprandial blood-glucose and A1C of the experimental group compared with that of the placebo group. The fasting and postprandial blood-glucose-levels of the experimental group at day 90 significantly decreased, by 16 and 18%, respectively. There were no significant changes observed in the serum-lipid-levels. You can visit  diabetes care (American Diabetes Association) for further reading..

Coccinia Cordifolia Benefits - Medicinal uses

Traditional medicine practitioners used Ivy’s gourd plant as a household remedy for various diseases, including biliary disorders, anorexia, cough, diabetic wounds, and hepatic disorders.

Ivy’s gourd has some important pharmacological activities; they are anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-mutagenic, anti-diabetic, anti-bacterial, anti-protozoal, anti-ulcer, hepato-protective, expectorant, and analgesics.

Ivy Gourd Diabetes Safety

Ivy’s gourd appears to be safe for most of the people, when taken by mouth for short and long terms.

Diabetes herbal combination Chandraprabha

Chandraprabha is related with the moon, because this formulation is trusted to work similar to Moon, which removes darkness in the night. This is not a single herbal, but combination of herbals. This tablet removes toxins from the body without any harsh impact. It is useful for all the three dosha imbalances. More specifically, it is useful for genito-urinary ailments, muscular & joint pain, obesity, and cellulites. It is a very good rasayana (rejuvenation) compound. It balances doshas and increases good strength in the body. Suggested dosage is two tablets for two to three times daily. It is safe for the use in pregnancy and for children. The dose of children under 12 years of age will be half of the adult dose.

Gokshur (Tribulus terrestris)

Gokshur - Tribulus terrestris

Gokshur supports healthy liver and kidney functions as well as the cardiovascular and immune systems. It can be useful along with diabetes herbal to avoid diabetes complications. Clinical study show, saponin from Tribulue terrestris could significantly reduce the level of serum glucose. It is also useful for the treatment of Sexual Dysfunction (in Men and Women).

Bioactive constituents - Tribulus terrestris
The active constituents of Tribulus leaf include the steroidal saponins, mainly furostanol glycosides that include protodioscin, protogracillin and small quantities of spirostanol glycosides. Other constituents include phytosterols and very small quantities of harmala alkaloids, which may only occur in some varieties. Tribulus leaf contains a higher concentration of steroidal saponins than the fruit.

Scientific evidence - Tribulus terrestris

  1. Hypoglycemic effect of saponin from Tribulus terrestris, this study is conducted by Li M, Qu W, Wang Y, Wan H, Tian C. at School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062. This study result show, Saponin from Tribulue terrestris could significantly reduce the level of serum glucose. You can visit Pubmed (National Center for Biotechnology Information) for further reading.
  2. The protective effect of Tribulus terrestris in diabetes; this study is conducted by Amin A, Lotfy M, Shafiullah M, Adeghate E. at Biology Department, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box 17551, Al-Ain, Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This study result show, examination revealed significant recovery of liver in herbal treated rats. This investigation suggests that the protective effect of Tribulus terrestris mediate by inhibiting oxidative stress. You can visit Pubmed  (National Center for Biotechnology Information) for further reading.

Tribulus terrestris dosage
Usual dosage is ranging from about 85 to 250 mg, three times daily. Tribulus terrestris extract standardized to 40% furostanol saponins and taken at a dose of 115 mg of saponins, two to three times daily.

Tribulus terrestris safety
No adverse side effects have been reported in any of the clinical trials or human research studies on tribulus. Women who are pregnant or nursing should not use any tribulus product.

Diabetes Natural Herbal Treatment Procedure

The above-mentioned herbals are effective in the treatment of type 2 diabetes without any major known side effects. Herbals are more effective, if taken in combination instead of a single herbal. Do not give up your diabetes conventional medications; take the above herbals along with it, until the glucose level in blood reaches normal. Then slowly reduce the dosage of the conventional medicine and finally discard if possible. For type 1 diabetes the above herbals can be useful along with insulin therapy, in due coarse insulin shots requirement may reduce.

Are Diabetes natural herbals safe?

Remember that herbal remedies are also medicines, so it too has some side effects. Herbals can also interact with other medicines you are taking. It is best to get registered herbal practitioner's advice before taking herbals, if the treatment is especially for pregnant women, breast-feeding mother, child, or older people.

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  • Diabetes Gymnema Sylvestre - Gymnema Sylvestre is called as destroyer of sugar. It helps pancreas for insulin production and thus beneficial for both type 1 & 2 diabetes. Learn more about Diabetes Gymnema Sylvestre.

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