Diabetes (sugar ki bimari)

Desiilaaz with shredded kikar (Babul)

It is the disease in which the blood glucose is not utilized due to improper functioning of pancreatic insulin leading to excretion of glucose in urine. Its symptoms are excessive eating, excessive urine, excessive thirst, skin changes, visual disturbances, lowered immunity, loss of weight and lethargy. Alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, liver and thyroid disease, head injury or injury to nervous system, and inherited traits are the contributing factors of the disease. There may be transient diabetes during pregnancy which becomes normal after childbirth.

1^st

Boil 2 tbspf of shredded kikar (Babul) bark in 2 cups of water and keep it for 12 hrs in a covered container. Filter and take 3-4 tbsp twice a day.

2^nd

Keep 1tspf of crushed jamun seeds in 1 cup of water for 8 hrs. Filter and take 1 tbspf thrice a day.

3^rd

Boil 1 tspf of crushed binola (Cotton Seed) seeds in 3 cups of water till the volume is reduced to 1 cup (30 min) in a covered container. Filter and take 1 cup twice a day. (Contraindicated in pregnancy)

4^th

Boil 1-2 tspf of shredded kukraundha (Dandelion) roots in 1 cup of water for 2-3 min. Remove from heat an let it stand for 15 min in a covered container. Filter and take 1 cup in morning and evening for a month.

5^th

Keep 1 tspf crushed seeds of methi (Fenugreek) in 1 cup of water overnight (8-10 hrs) in a covered container. Filter and take 1 cup a day.

6^th

Grind 8-10 chopped leaves of aam (Mango) in 1 cup of water. Filter and take 1 cup a day for 20-25 days.

7^th

To 2 g of chopped kaiphala (Bayberry) bark, 2 g of chopped harad (Chebulic Myrobalan) bark, 2 g of finely powdered lodh tree bark and 2 g of nagarmotha (Nut Grass) ground tubercles add 1 cup of boiling water, cover and let it stand for 15 min. Filter and take 1 cup twice a day.