Diabetes (Blood Sugar): Ayurvedic treatment with causes, symptoms, and abstinences

Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar that occurs due to defects in insulin secretion. Insulin controls the diabetes & produced by the pancreas. It is very serious and problematic disease. It is considered as the mother of all diseases. Once a person get diabetic, rest fatal diseases are behind him. In simple word,

"Diabetes can be fatal if not treated early."

Diabetes causes, treatments, symptoms, and FAQs

Diabetes: Key facts 

According to the WHO (World health organization)-

• It is the seventh leading cause of death by 2030.
• 60% of world population is suffering from this disease that includes both diagnosed & undiagnosed cases.
• 347 million people worldwide have diabetes.
• More than 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low and middle income countries.
• In 2004, an estimated 3.4 million people died from consequences of high fasting blood sugar.
• Healthy diet, regular physical activity, maintain a normal body weight and avoiding tobaccos use can prevent or delay the onset of Type-2 diabetes.

Diabetes: its causes

• Unhealthy diet
• Low or bad digestion
• Lack of physical activity
• High consumption of sugar in liquid form
• Obesity
• A history of gestational diabetes
• High blood sugar
• High cholesterol
• Mental health disorder
• Impaired fasting glucose
• Blood vessel disease
• Use of certain medications such as corticosteroids

Diabetes: its symptoms

• Tiredness
• Severe weight loss
• Excessive thirstiness if not being urinated
• Frequent urination
• Mild fatigue
• Blurred vision
• Recurrence of vaginal yeast infections
• Kidney failure
• Infection on little trauma
• Slow healing of the wound

Diabetes: Primary Treatment

• Take 6 grams rammed fenugreek seed and soak it in 250 grams water. Rasp it & filter it with thin cloth. Consume this solution for two months without mixing any chemical based sugary substances. After few months, you will observe improvements diabetes.
• Soak the mixture of one teaspoonful of fennel & 2 teaspoonful of fenugreek seeds in 200 grams of water. Filter it and consume it in morning empty stomach for 2 months. It is very helpful for those patients to whom mere use of fenugreek produces acidity or indigestion rest of the day.

Diabetes: Additional Treatments

• Blackberry’s leaf extract:  Grind four leaf of blackberry delicately. Mix & stir this with 60 grams of water and then filter it with thin cotton cloth. Consumption of this extract for 10 days in every two months. It will benefit that patient who has complaint of evicting sugar through urine.
• Black Berry Leaf: At initial stage, consume 3-4 leaves of blackberry daily in the morning and evening.
• Blackberry:  it is used for reducing the level of blood sugar/glucose from human body. In this prescription, take 60 grams of ripe blackberries and put these in 300 grams boiled water. After ½ hour squash & filter it. Consume this solution thrice a day to get relief from diabetes.
• Black Berry Stones: Dry blackberry stones( central seeds of blackberry) in shadow & prepare a powder. Consumption of this powder three times a day with fresh water is advised. Follow this prescription for at least 21 days.
• Mix Barley flour with gram flour proportionately and consume the bread made of this mixture with vegetables.
• Jogging for Long distance in morning and evening is very helpful in reducing glucose from blood and is the simplest way to eliminate blood sugar from body.
• Green vegetables fruits and especially curd is beneficial. These eliminate sugar from body in few weeks.
• Some yogasanas like Mayurasana, Ardh Matsyendrasana, Dhanurasana, Bhujangasana, Padmasana, Garbhasana. Practicing these yoga postures help in filtering blood and reduces sugar Blood.

Dietary in Diabetes

Patients suffering any type of diabetes should include following diets in their daily routine.

• Curd, Fruit, Green vegetables, Amaranth, Coriander, Cauliflower, Cucumber, coconut, blackberry, carrot, Radish, tomatoes, Lemon, Ginger, onion, Buttermilk, Soaked Almond & Mint are the most beneficial vegetables in Diabetes.  
• Bitter gourd reduces glucose in plenty and elixir in diabetes.

Diabetes: Abstinence(s)

Patients are not advised to consume the following foods as these are main constituents that results in spurting blood sugar-

• Avoid sweets.
• Rice, starch, sweet fruit and tobacco.
• Drinking water slowly is adhered.
• Avoid day sleeping.
• Avoid mental task and indigestion problems.