Diabetes Mellitus is metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from inadequate insulin secretion, insulin action or both and insulin resistance. Gymnema sylvestre have reported beneficial effect for treating in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Objective: A comparison of the efficacy of homoeopathic medicine gymnema sylvestre 6 CH and gymnema sylvestre mother tincture in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus cases. Material and method: 30 cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus were selected and gymnema sylvestre mother tincture and 6 CH were prescribed for these cases and follow up was every one month, three months and six months. Results: Over a period of 6 months, there was significant reduction in blood sugar levels (fasting and post prandial blood sugar) in both groups. ANOVA repeated measures also showed significant difference P = 0.001. Conclusion: There is significant reduction in fasting blood sugar, post prandial blood sugar levels both groups (gymnema sylvestre 6 CH and gymnema sylvestre homoeopathic mother tincture) in type 2 diabetes mellitus cases. The results suggested that gymnema sylvestre 6 CH and gymnema sylvestre mother tincture has beneficial anti diabetic effective and warrants future investigation.
Homoeopathy based up on similia similibus curenture. Homoeopathy opens up a vista of opportunities for continually seeking new fields for the demonstration of natural laws, for if, as we believe, these laws are fundamental, their application is universal, and had we the vision to see it we would be convinced not from its application in the field of medicine alone, but in every field of natural science and in applied science as well.
Wrightia tinctoria is a tree widely used by the peoples of India as a traditional medicine for pain and inflammations. Latex form the plant especially from leaves is directly applied on inflammation. This plant is very closely related to other species of Wrightia and hence pharmacognostical and preliminary phytochemical studies of Wrightia tinctoria leaves were carried.
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum also called as oxeye daisy. Introduced from Europe in the early 1800's primarily as a grass seed contaminant, and subsequently spread as an ornamental, Oxeye daisy has become a serious invader of pastures and natural areas throughout North America. It is a perennial herb that reproduces both by seed and shallow rhizomes. Single plants quickly become patches that continually increase in size. Plants flower June August and its seed germinates throughout the growing season.
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