Essential Tips on Diabetes Management

The life we are living these days is filled with stress, anxiety and busy schedules. Thus, the incidence of diabetes is also increasing day by day. Diabetes mellitus signifies a metabolic disorder where the body becomes incapable of making right utilization of glucose that results in hyperglycemia, i.e. high blood sugar and glycosuria, i.e. sugar in urine.

The market is flooded with various medicines for treating diabetes. But mainly these are enriched with synthetic chemicals and manages diabetes poorly. The complications that you can face from poorly managed diabetes are -

• Heart attack

• Blindness

• Limb amputation

• Male impotence

• Severe itching of skin

If you maintain your blood sugar level as normal, you can defeat the risk of diabetes effectively.

Ayurvedic medicines for diabetes are completely natural and free from harmful side effects. So these are most effective for diabetes management. Ayurveda says that there are mainly 20 forms of diabetes in which 4 are because of Vata, 6 are due to Pitta and the rest 10 are due to Kapha. All these forms are eventually developed into diabetes mellitus ( Madhumeha).

Let’s have a look on the reasons behind diabetes and its symptoms.

Factors that cause diabetes

• Intaking of sweet, fat, potatoes and rice

• Lack of physical exercise

• Mental fatigue

• Lack of or excessive sleep

Diabetes symptoms

• Frequent urination

• Burning sensation in soles and palms

• Increasing level of hunger

• Sweet taste in mouth

• Excessive weight loss

• Blurry vision

• It takes long time to cure wounds

• Skin infections

• Extreme feeling of fatigue

The herbs that manly are used in ayurvedic medicines for diabetes are-

• Jamun

• Bitter gourd

• Fenugreek

• Turmeric

• Neem

• Triphala

• Aloe vera

• Vijaysar

Other than taking ayurvedic medicines, you should give importance to other factors as well in order to control diabetes.

• Keep your diet in line. Avoid sugar, potatoes, fat and alcohol. Include barley, varee, mung, chickpeas, bitter gourd, roasted rice, wheat in your diet.

• Exercise daily

• Avoid sleeping during the day

• Avoid smoking

• Indulge yourself in yoga and reduce stress.

Keep it in mind that diabetes is not just the deficiency of insulin. Mainly lack of proper maintenance of body causes diabetes.  By maintaining diet, exercising, managing stress and consuming right ayurvedic medicine, you will certainly be able to control diabetes and lead a healthy life.