Diabetes and herbs

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/02/050218160028.htm

 

http://www.diabeteslibrary.org/news/news_search.cfm?searchem=herb%20for%20di

abetes

 

http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read,2006,1362.html

 

=======There must be 100 links I could post on the subject of using herbs to

manage high blood sugar. The first two are probably the most neutral --

meaning, they don't appear to be written or posted with any specific agenda

in mind. The third is a little more controversial, but frankly, I can't

decide which side the writer falls on.

 

I don't have diabetes, but I'm curious about the subject. Do any of you have

anecdotal or scientific information on treating high blood sugar with herbs

or other natural components?

 

Susan H.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I am diabetic and i take ( and make)bitter melon,licorice

powder,cinnamon,gymnema sylvestre,yarrow, cayenne and a few other herbs and i

manage my sugar very well

Susan Harkins <harkins1 wrote:

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/02/050218160028.htm

 

http://www.diabeteslibrary.org/news/news_search.cfm?searchem=herb%20for%20di

abetes

 

http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read,2006,1362.html

 

=======There must be 100 links I could post on the subject of using herbs to

manage high blood sugar. The first two are probably the most neutral --

meaning, they don't appear to be written or posted with any specific agenda

in mind. The third is a little more controversial, but frankly, I can't

decide which side the writer falls on.

 

I don't have diabetes, but I'm curious about the subject. Do any of you have

anecdotal or scientific information on treating high blood sugar with herbs

or other natural components?

 

Susan H.

 

 

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My mother's just been diagnosed and will be on medication. I don't know

which one though. She is supposed to seriously alter her diet, but I doubt

she will. She is just too set in her ways.

 

If you take the meds (oral) is the herbal mix a consideration or is it bad

to mix them? I know she won't choose herbs over the oral meds. I'm probably

not going to suggest anything to her, but I wanted to check just the same.

For years, I tried to get her to take a few things for her arthritis, even

purchased them for her. She refused to take them and wouldn't even ask her

doctor about them. A year later, her doctor recommended the exact same ones

I'd purchased a year before. So then she started taking them. She's a

nutcase.

 

Susan H.

 

 

I am diabetic and i take ( and make)bitter melon,licorice

powder,cinnamon,gymnema sylvestre,yarrow, cayenne and a few other herbs and

i manage my sugar very well

[Guest guest]

She MUST go on a NON white diet nothing thats white white bread, white rice,

pasta or ANYTHING that turns to starch which will then turn to sugar these white

things are as bad as sugar if ya need to ask anything just give me a yell Leo

 

Susan Harkins <harkins1 wrote: My mother's just been

diagnosed and will be on medication. I don't know

which one though. She is supposed to seriously alter her diet, but I doubt

she will. She is just too set in her ways.

 

If you take the meds (oral) is the herbal mix a consideration or is it bad

to mix them? I know she won't choose herbs over the oral meds. I'm probably

not going to suggest anything to her, but I wanted to check just the same.

For years, I tried to get her to take a few things for her arthritis, even

purchased them for her. She refused to take them and wouldn't even ask her

doctor about them. A year later, her doctor recommended the exact same ones

I'd purchased a year before. So then she started taking them. She's a

nutcase.

 

Susan H.

 

I am diabetic and i take ( and make)bitter melon,licorice

powder,cinnamon,gymnema sylvestre,yarrow, cayenne and a few other herbs and

i manage my sugar very well

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I agree with the buyer beware article on:

http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read,2006,1362.html

The internet is buzzing with all kinds of quick fix remedies for all

kinds of ailments. Most of them are commercial scams or are posted

by people who do not have any training in herbal medicine. Others

are health food trade remedies which are frequently next to useless

because of the low dosages used.

 

Herbalists around the world have been treating diabetis for Millenia

using a variety of herbs as well of course with dietary measures.

However, this is a serious condition and requires professional

treatment by an people trained in medical matters. It is not

something that should be played with by amatuers who pick up snippets

off the web or from popular books, many of which are full of errors.

 

It is possible to maintain someone with mild diabetis just using

herbs. That has been done all over the Middle East and India in

particular, but you can't just give up the insulin and hop over to

herbal use. It requires the most careful monitoring by a

professional.

 

Incidentally there are many research papers around in the

ethnological publications on this subject.

 

Martin Watt

http://www.aromamedical.com

 

, " Susan Harkins " <harkins1

wrote:

>

> =======There must be 100 links I could post on the subject of using

herbs to

> manage high blood sugar. The first two are probably the most

neutral --

> meaning, they don't appear to be written or posted with any

specific agenda

> in mind. The third is a little more controversial, but frankly, I

can't

> decide which side the writer falls on.

>

> I don't have diabetes, but I'm curious about the subject. Do any of

you have

> anecdotal or scientific information on treating high blood sugar

with herbs

> or other natural components?

>

> Susan H.

>

>

>

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Sue Harkins asked:

 

<I don't have diabetes, but I'm curious about the

subject. Do any of you have anecdotal or scientific

information on treating high blood sugar with herbs

or other natural components? >

 

 

Sue,

 

To get the other natural components out of

the way:

A good whole-foods diet and lots of exercise

will go a long way to help control diabetes.

 

Late onset type 2 diabetes can often be controlled

with nothing but diet and exercise.

(In type 2 diabetes the pancreas still produces

insulin, but the cells have become less receptive to it)

 

Type 1 or juvenile diabetes can be better controlled

with exercise and good whole foods.

 

Trace minerals like Vanadium and chromium are

vitally important.

 

This goes for everybody:

If you do only one thing for your health, invest

in a natural complete source of trace minerals.

They are really tricky to supplement with.

Things like Celtic sea salt, Pascalite, Sea vegetables,

wild blue green algae.

 

To start with: yes, there are many such

herbs.

 

Good old Cinnamon is one of them!

Gymnema Silvestre from India is another.

 

Has anyone seen the movie " Shaman's Apprentice " ,

based on the book by ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin?

 

One of the scenes shows a woman in a hammock

being treated for diabetes. After three weeks

she is supposedly cured.

I don't know what the local shaman used.

 

But I do know that several Amazon Rainforest

herbs, in particular Pedra Hume Caa and Pata

de Vaca, are known in Brazil as " vegetable insulin " .

 

I have used a formula based mainly on those

herbs to combat hypoglycaemia, the flip side

and often precursor of diabetes. It works.

I need some more to combat the seasonal

Bear Woman carb cravings.

 

The company I get it from has all sorts of

anecdotal evidence.

Diabetics who try it are warned to monitor their

blood sugar levels extra carefully and schedule

extra doctors appointments, since they may need

to lower their level of insulin.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://wildhealing.net

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Susan,

 

There is only so much you can do for

a person who is set in her ways.

 

Herbs are an addition to a healty diet,

if she is not willing to go there, then

she is just at the mercy of the MDs

and that is all there is to it!

 

In case she gets Medformin, keep an

eye on her to see if she gets diarrhea.

It just about killed my mother and a

friend.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://profiles./free_green_living