Ayurveda Diabetes Care

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Ayurveda Diabetes Care JoAnn Guest

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Ayurveda Diabetes Care

By Shailesh Jain

| Published 02/6/2006

 

Shailesh Jain

(M. Pharm), lecturer, research scholar at Institute of Pharmacy, Pt.

Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Persuing Ph.D

Thesis: Novel Drug Delivery System, presented two national

conference papers.

 

http://www.ayurvedahc.com/articlelive/articles/234/1/Ayurveda-

Diabetes-Care/Page1.html

 

 

According to Ayurveda, diabetes is a metabolic Kapha type of

disorder in which diminished functioning of agni leads to a tendency

toward high blood sugar. (Ayurveda recognizes 24 forms of the

disease commonly classified under Prameha - 4 are due to Vata dosha,

6 are due to Pitta dosha, and 10 are caused by Kapha dosha.

 

The main causes of these diseases are fat, urine, and Kapha buildups

due to foods, liquids, lifestyle and others.)

 

Ayurvedic practitioners address diabetes using a multi-prong

approach.

 

First, they address diet modification, eliminating sugar and simple

carbohydrates, and emphasizing complex carbohydrates.

 

Protein is limited, since excessive intake can damage the kidneys.

 

Fat is also limited because there is often a deficiency of

pancreatic enzymes, making fat digestion difficult.

 

Since many diabetics have auto-antibodies, a cleansing program is

instituted. pancha karma is typically used for this purpose. This

begins with herbal massages and an herbal steam sauna, followed by

fasting to cleanse the body. This is

followed by an herbal purge for the liver, pancreas, and spleen.

Colon therapy is next, first to cleanse the digestive tract and then

to reconstitute the system.

 

Ayurvedic practitioners also use several herbal preparations for

diabetics. Exercise is another cornerstone of Ayurvedic treatment of

diabetes. Yoga and breathing exercises are traditionally used.

 

Herbs

The most important herbs for all doshas are shilajit, gudmar

turmeric, neem, amalaki, guggul, and arjuna.

Turmeric with aloe vera gel (1 to 3 gms/0.035 to 0.1 oz) is best

used during the early stages of diabetes

for regulating pancreas and liver functions.

 

1. Juice of bitter melon or bitter gourd (Momordica dioica, Roxb.,

Karela), or Rose apple (Eugenia Jambos, Linn., Jambu) or two tender

leaves of Bilva (Aegle Marmelos, Corr., Bael fruit) and Neem (Melia

azadirachta, Ravipriya, or Indian Lilac) may be taken on empty

stomach daily. Juice of Jambu should be taken in an ounce quantity

twice daily, and that of Karela (bitter melon) in 1-1/2 ounce dose

daily. Shilajit (Swertia Decussata Nimmo.) is another useful

medicine (250 mg as a single dose) should be taken, twice daily with

juice of stone apple.

 

2. Use turmeric. Fill some 00-size capsules with turmeric, and take

2 capsules 3 times a day, a few minutes before meals. Continue this

program for up to a month, and then reevaluate your condition.

 

Clinical observation suggests that a person who is insulin dependent

will experience a markedly diminished requirement for insulin; the

diabetes can often be brought under control.

 

3. Take 1/2 teaspoon of ground bay leaf and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric,

mixed in 1-tablespoon aloe vera gel. Take the mixture twice a day

before lunch and dinner.

 

4. The Ayurveda preparation Vasanta Kusumakar Ras, is very good but

is extremely costly. Take two grains daily with a tsp. of cream or

honey.

In certain cases, the said medicine brings down sugar lever quite

quickly; hence sugar-levels should be carefully monitored.

When sugar has touched its normal range, the dose should be tapered

in a graduated manner, and added with 500 mg pill of Chandra

prabhavati which is called a 'poor man's remedy.'

 

5. Mix and grind seeds of Fenugreek (Methi) 100 gm, turmeric 50gm,

Dakhni Mirch (white pepper). Take one teaspoon of this powder with a

glass of milk twice daily.

 

Alternately, immerse and soak one teaspoon of fenugreek seed in

water. Take this in the morning, with pure water.

 

6. Take twice daily, with powder of rose apple stones (powder of

Jambu or Jamun-ki-Guthali).

 

7. Include decoctions of triphala, fenugreek, musta, arjuna,

sandalwood, lodhra, ajwan, gokshura, vidanga, guduchi, haritaki, and

chitrak. These may be taken with a small amount of ghee. Gudmar and

shilajit are excellent.

 

8. Amalaki Churna (500mg), Haldi Powder (Turmeric Powder) 500mg and

Naag Bhasma (125mg) should be taken with honey, twice daily (A 12-

hourly dose).

 

 

Diet

[ed. note: for Kapha-caused diabetes:] Follow the Kapha-pacifying

diet.

Avoid sweets, carbohydrates, and dairy products. Take

more fresh vegetables and bitter herbs. Other useful foods include:

roasted or fried barley,light, bitter vegetables, barley

porridge, brown rice, and herbs like gokshura, gudmar, triphala,

musta, cardamom, fenugreek, or coriander, mixed with honey.

Triphala with amalaki juice can also be used to heal prameha.

 

Barley is the main food to heal urinary diseases. Other Ayurvedic

methods to heal prameha (diabetes) include strenuous exercises, oil

massage, steam, sitz or waist bath, and sprinkling of water and

ointment.

 

Dry ginger, cardamom, and sandalwood may be used in baths or taken

orally. Gudmar is the best herb for digesting sugar in the pancreas.

 

A combination of gudmar and shilajit is an excellent remedy for

diabetes that is often prescribed by

Ayurvedic practitioners.

 

Precautions

 

§ Eliminate all objects that contain sugar from diet, like

wheat, rice, potato, sugar, sugar cane and its juice, jaggery (gud),

sweet fruits.

 

§ Reduce fats, especially margarine, butter and ghee from

diet.

 

§ Take barley soaked in a triphala decoction overnight, then

mixed with honey and eaten several times a day.

 

§ Orange, and lemon, may be taken as and when needed.

 

§ Take bitter melon, in any form, without any fear, and

Jamun and powder of its seed.

 

§ Take plenty of green vegetables, black gram, organic soy,

fish etc.

 

 

 

Copper Water

Put one cup of water into a copper vessel at night, and drink the

water

in the morning.

 

 

Exercise

§ Take morning and evening walk

 

§ Do Pranayama

 

§ Do yoga asanas

 

This information is for educational purposes only. It is not

intended to treat, diagnose, prescribe or heal. For all health

concerns consult duly qualified health practitioners.

 

 

 

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