Diabetes mellitus is a complex metabolic disorder resulting from either insulin insufficiency or insulin dysfunction. Diabetes mellitus affects most of the people in both developed and developing countries. The treatment of diabetes with synthetic drugs is costly and chances of side effects are high. Phytomedicine has been used since ancient times in various parts of the world where access to modern medicine is limited. Medicinal plants and phytoconstituents play an important role in the management of diabetes mellitus especially in developing countries where resources are meagre. Phytochemicals identified from medicinal plants present an exciting opportunity for the development of new types of therapeutics for diabetes mellitus. Most prevalent among phytochemical groups are the alkaloids, glycosides, polysaccharides, and phenolics such as flavonoids, terpenoids and steroids. Despite considerable progress in the development of synthetic drugs, the discovery of phytomedicine as an alternative therapy is progressing. This article aims to provide a comprehensive review on various plant species from globe and their constituents, which have been shown to display potent hypoglycemic activity.

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Herbs help in healing and treating the root cause of the ailment by rejuvenating the system in protecting from chronic diseases like Diabetes thus helping in leading a better quality of life, hence this study is aimed at comparing the quality of life assessment of patients taking herbal medicine and allopathic medicine using generic and disease specific tools [SF-36-V2-Short form health survey and QOLID (Quality of life of Indian Diabetic Patients)]which helped in identifying the influence of various life domains in diabetic patients and a better understanding of the treatment goal of herbs in diabetes. Significant difference in the outcomes scores in between treatment groups, indicate that herbal treatment is far better in terms of quality of life of specific domains VT (Vitality), BP (Bodily Pain), MH (Mental Health), GH (General Health) and PF (Physical Functioning) compared to the allopathic treatment.

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