AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS: A CASE STUDY

Authors

  • BHARTI SHARMA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v7i2.64

Keywords:

Diabetes mellitus, ayurveda, hypoglycemic activity

Abstract

With the rising socioeconomic standards, Diabetes mellitus is becoming country’s fastest growing disease
burden over 16 years to 2016. Acc. To WHO, India had 69.2 million people living with diabetes in 2015 and by 2030, nearly 98 million people in India may have type 2 diabetes. Scientists are still continuing to develop impr-oved treatment options to give people with diabetes the best possible quality of life. Recognising the potential ofayurveda for treating metabolic diseases, the present clinical study was done in which patient of diabetes
Mellitus was managed with ayurvedic formulations. The drugs were given in adequate doses for 3 months along-with pathya (SATH.2) ahara (SATH.1) vihara (dietary advice and day regimen)(SATJ.58). Follow up was doneafter every 1 month. The patient showed marked improvement with the ayurvedic drugs. So it was concluded that thedrugs selected have very good hypoglycemic activity so can be used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Author Biography

BHARTI SHARMA

With the rising socioeconomic standards, Diabetes mellitus is becoming country’s fastest growing disease
burden over 16 years to 2016. Acc. To WHO, India had 69.2 million people living with diabetes in 2015 and by 2030, nearly 98 million people in India may have type 2 diabetes. Scientists are still continuing to develop impr-oved treatment options to give people with diabetes the best possible quality of life. Recognising the potential ofayurveda for treating metabolic diseases, the present clinical study was done in which patient of diabetes
Mellitus was managed with ayurvedic formulations. The drugs were given in adequate doses for 3 months along-with pathya (SATH.2) ahara (SATH.1) vihara (dietary advice and day regimen)(SATJ.58). Follow up was doneafter every 1 month. The patient showed marked improvement with the ayurvedic drugs. So it was concluded that thedrugs selected have very good hypoglycemic activity so can be used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus

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Published

2020-11-26

How to Cite

SHARMA, B. (2020). AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS: A CASE STUDY. Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM), 7(2). https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v7i2.64

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2019): Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM)

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Case Report

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