Diabetes and Ayurvedic Herbs - By: Allan Michael Taylor

There are so many people suffering from diabetes that it has almost become an epidemic in the world today. Diabetes is a disorder which affects the way that your body food for energy.

Whenever we eat something, the sugar from the food that we eat is broken down into simple│small substance called glucose. Glucose circulates in the body through the blood and enters into the cells with the help of a hormone called insulin. This hormone is produced│made in the pancreas. However, due to genetic predisposition and sedentary lifestyle, the pancreas sometimes can not make insulin. When this happens, glucose can not enter into the cells and it keeps on circulating in the blood, thus, the person becomes a diabetic.

Diabetes is not really treatable but there are ways on how to control it. There are medications available from the drugstore but there are also ayurvedic herbs for diabetes. Herbs are deemed│thought better by a growing number of people because they are natural, safer, and more economical. But before learning about them, let us further discuss diabetes first.

There are two types of diabetes: Type I and Type II. Type I means the person can't produce insulin at all, while type II means the person can make insulin but his or her cells have already become resistant to it. Either way, when high levels of glucose retain│stay in the blood, serious complications may .

Between the two, the second type is easy to deal with, although not really something that one could take for granted. 95% of all diabetic patients have type II diabetes. It is easier to control because it may have been triggered by external factors like lack of exercise, obesity, and aging. Meaning, a change in lifestyle may do great│big wonders and make the person better.

Although there are ayurvedic herbs for diabetes type one like salacia oblonga and pterocarpus marsupium, there are more herbs that are believed to be more useful for type two diabetes. Ayurveda believes that stress and lifestyle are the main causes of many including this type of diabetes.

Here are some of the most ayurvedic herbs for diabetes:

- Gurmaar (Gymnema sylvestrae) – In the Hindi language, the word "gur" is to "sugar" while "maar" means "kill". Simply put, this herb is the sugar killer. This herb has gymnemic acid which works as an anti-diabetic substance. It binds with glucose in the intestines and inhibits│stops them from entering the blood stream.

- Saptrangi (Salacia oblonga) – the bark of this tree is effective in diabetes.

- Jamun (Syzigium cumini) -- The seeds of this tree are dried up and turned into powder. This powder is used to decrease sugar levels in the body.

- Bilva (Aegle marmelos)—This tree is known for having three leaves on a branch. In Ayurveda, three leaves together are considered divine. The leaves of this tree are the ones dried and pulverized to use to control diabetes.

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