Herbs and Organic Supplements For Treating Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the most prominent medical problem in the 21st century. According to the International Diabetes Federation, the number of patients who have diabetes in 2007 was 146 million, and by 2025, it will increase to 380 million, of which 90% are patients with type 2 diabetes. There are a wide array of herbs and organic supplements available to treat and control diabetes naturally. Let us have a close look at them:
Herbs for Treating Diabetes
Turnip-rooted cabbage is very useful for patients with sugar disease. This sort is not as widely spread as the standard white cabbage, but extremely useful and, importantly, stored well until the next harvest and very tasty!
Such plant as artichoke or earth apple deserves special attention, which is valuable because it contains insulin-like substances that contribute to the normalization of body metabolism.
A contagious disease can be the cause of pancreatic diabetes. In this case, we can recommend the collection of medicinal herbs to strengthen the immune system, as well as vitamin containing and conditioning. If to speak about medicinal herbs, first of all, it is worth paying attention to such ones as bottlebrush, Echinacea, willow herb, knotgrass, stinging nettle.
Medicinal plants cannot wholly replace diabetic drugs. You can combine medicinal plants with a diet used as monotherapy (adult diabetes, compensated only by food), physical exercise, as well as hypoglycemic drugs with constant medical supervision.
Organic Supplements for Treating Diabetes
Individual studies suggest that zinc makes levels of glucose (glycemic control) of patients who have diabetes better. During diabetes, late complications can develop, such as nerve disorder, kidney damage, and eye-lesion. Besides, the risk of cardiovascular accidents, such as angina attacks and blood-strokes, increases.
Type 1 diabetes is a form of diabetes when the body can no longer produce insulin. The risk of developing Type 2 diabetes increases with age, obesity, and, of course, lack of physical activity. It is characterized by the spreading inability of a body to use insulin well. Zinc plays a crucial part in insulin acting and, in theory; zinc supplemental of patients with insulin resistance can prevent the conditions of diabetes.
Chrome is famous as a cure for improving the control of diabetes. Although specific studies have shown a sound effect of chrome during diabetes, there are no recommendations for use in the treatment at the moment.
There were studies of magnesium for quite some time as a therapy to make blood glucose control for people who are sick better. Magnesium deficiency is redolent of pathologic insulin release and complications of diabetes.
Vanadium, arose from plants, has shown increased insulin resistance in several studies. However, there are still no recommendations for adding it to the treatment of sick people. Most of the products of plant origin are high-fiber, which helps to control levels of blood glucose.
There have been no clinical trials of great promise on other plants that may be good during diseases, such as redberry, nettle, ginger, hawthorn or garlic. If you are sick and you want to take some of the vegetable matters mentioned above, consult a physician first.
Preventive treatment of diabetes
It is recommended to drink tea from 4 g of blueberry leaf and bean leaves, 3 g of rosehip and strawberry leaf, 1 g of yarrow herb each. Other collection: 4 g nettle leaf, hips, blueberries and the top of a flowering plant of oats, 3 g burdock root, 2 g dandelion root. Pour 1 cup of boiling water over any of the listed fees, heat for 20 minutes over low heat, let tea draw for 30 minutes and drink as tea when you have diabetes. You need to take a break for 5-10 days every 3-4 weeks of treatment.
People who went through emotional upset should immediately carry out a comprehensive sedative therapy; in particular, it is advisable to use soothing medicinal herbs. Some of them are:
1) Spirea —————————— 3 parts
Hops ———————————- 2 pieces
Creeping thyme ———————-3 parts
2) Yellow melilot——————– 3 parts
Sagebrush—————————- 3 parts
Greek valerian————————3 pieces
3) Common motherwort———— 3 parts
Valeriana officinalis—————– 2 parts
Rosebay willowherb—————– 2 pieces
You should make herbal tea according to the same scheme: pour boiling water on it, incubate in a water bath for 30 minutes, remove, wrap and let tea draw for another 1.5-2 hours: filter and chill. Have one glass a day for 3–4 doses per day.
If your work requires constant concentration of attention (drivers, surgeons, traffic controllers, and others), then it is better to take the restorative drink late in the afternoon, twice for 0.5 cups at 5-6 PM and the rest of the healthy drink 1.5 hours before bedtime.
The course of treatment is 1.5 months; if necessary, repeat the course with a break of no more than two weeks.
Replace sugar
Instead of sugar and its synthetic substitutes, it is better to use natural sweeteners of vegetable origin, for example, stevia (“honey grass”). Regular use of stevia reduces the level of glucose and cholesterol in the body, improves the functioning of the liver and pancreas glands.
What you need to think about before you begin to use herbal preparations in case of diabetes mellitus.
Many herbal practitioners believe that juice of some vegetables, fruits, and berries can reduce the level of glucose in blood: fresh leaves of white cabbage, roots of new potatoes, fresh wild strawberry, cornelian cherries, pears, European mountain ash, and black chokeberry.
Use of fresh juice of vegetables and fruits is useful for sick people; however, no reliable information extracts of any plants, nuts, and berries reduce the level of glucose in blood what is more regardless of carbohydrates amount.
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My son was diagnosed diabetes 2008. He is in his late 30’s. He urinate a lot, usually during the night and his blood sugar was 600. I do not know where he could have inherited it. Since then I have worked on finding a good way to control it or reverse it. and I was introduced to Tree of Life Herbal Clinic and ever seem My son started using diabetes herbal formula I purchased online from Tree of Life Herbal Clinic November last year. After 5 weeks of usage, his diabetes was totally reversed, blood sugar now normal and his last A-1C was 4.0 perfect.