Diabetes dealt with GLVs & Homoeopathy

Abstract

A standard advice given by doctors to diabetic individuals is to have lots of vegetables & particularly the Green Vegetables (GV) & Green Leafy Vegetables (GLV). The aim is to replace the refined carbohydrates with vegetables in the usual diet. Numerous studies have suggested that eating vegetables before other foods in the meal helps lower post meal blood sugars. Hence, the golden rule should be to start the meal with leafy vegetables.

The current article reviews the current diabetic situation in the country & examines the same with the current vegetable consumption per day per individuals & the usual dieting patterns in populations. Simultaneously, it discusses on the various aspects of the benefits of vegetables & their role in diabetes in the body.

Finally, the article links the Homoeopathic system of medicine of the Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy & Sowa Rigpa (AYUSH) ministry through the medicines that are prepared from vegetables. Further, using the knowledge of Botany & the sources of these medicines, the article suggests a treatment protocol to deal with diabetes through the use of these medicines in various stages & complications of diabetes in diabetic individuals.

As the topic of diabetes & GLVs have been put forward as a new approach in diabetic care & various stakeholders being skeptical about the current therapeutic approach, it is significant to note that Homoeopathy is a time tested holistic & therapeutic approach that is cost effective, therapeutically active & without any side effects. Masses can be easily covered & the poor families can benefit from the application of Homoeopathy on a large scale. They can also relieve themselves through not only in relieving them from diabetes & its complications but also in palliative care in complicated diabetic individuals.