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Herbal Medicine for Diabetes (II)

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Another plants as natural cures for diabetes:

Vaccinium myrtillus (blueberry)

Blueberry leaf were widely used before insulin was widespread for the treatment of diabetes, having extracted a glycoside, the neomirtilina. Bilberry extract was able to reduce postprandial hyperglycemia and glucosuria in most type 2 diabetics but was ineffective in juvenile diabetes. (more…)

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Herbal Medicines for Diabetes (I)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Diabetes, as everyone knows, is a chronic disease that has no chance of cure but it can be overcome using some plants as natural cures for diabetes.

Mormodes charantia

The fruits of Mormodes charantia are widely used in Asia and Australia to treat diabetes. In India, tablets are administered based on this ground for disease control. In Central America are used for the same purpose the leaves of M. charantia.

The consumption of 50 ml of a tincture of this plant-based reduced glucose levels after a dose of 50 g oral glucose by 20% in patients with type 2 diabetes. The administration of this infusion durantre 2 to 3 months produced the same beneficial results and laboratory tests on animals healthy and diabetic by alloxan originadop have similar results. (more…)

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