Naturopathic management of Diabetes Mellitus
The incidence of diabetes mellitus (commonly referred to as just diabetes) is increasing day by day around the globe. Modern western diet and lifestyle is challenging our bodies’ abilities to cope. Excess sugar and low nutrient foods, low levels of physical activity, and highly stressful ways of living are causing diabetes. As the oldest medicine, Ayurveda provides information to assist in the treatment of almost all diseases. Diabetes is considered a major disease (maharoga) since it affects all parts of the body and every cell of the human physiology. Type 1 diabetes, commonly known as juvenile diabetes since it is mostly diagnosed in children, is an autoimmune condition in which the body destroys its own insulin -producing cells and ceases to be able to naturally regulate blood sugar levels. Without the capacity to handle blood sugar, the body is starved for nutrients and is unable to convert sugar into energy in the cells. Type 2 diabetes is a type of insulin-resistant condition where even though the body may produce insulin, it is impaired in its ability to absorb it into the cells where it can do its work of converting sugars into energy. Type 2 diabetes is commonly caused by poor diet, and low physical activity. It is considered to a major part of the obesity epidemic.
Type 2 diabetes is a type of insulin-resistant condition where even though the body may produce insulin, it is impaired in its ability to absorb it into the cells where it can do its work of converting sugars into energy. Type 2 diabetes is commonly caused by poor diet, and low physical activity. It is considered to a major part of the obesity epidemic.
What cause diabetes?
Ayurvedic medicine sees diabetes caused by doshic imbalances. It arises in two ways: (1) aggravation of the vata dosha due to tissue depletion, and/or (2) obstruction of the channels (srotas) caused by excess kapha dosha and fatty tissue.
Physical and mental causes
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Lack of physical activity
- Excessive sleeping and resting
- Kapha-increasing lifestyle (slow, sluggish, unenergetic in mind and body)
- Stress, grief, fear and worry
- Genetic disposition
Food and drink
- Unwholesome, improper or heavy diet
- Excessive consumption of milk and milk products
- Excess consumption of meat, especially meat from animals living in water and marshy regions (because this type of meat increases kapha)
- Food, drink and dishes prepared from young grains (e.g. freshly harvested rice is hard to digest, whereas 1-2-year-old rice is lighter and easier to digest)
- Excessive sugar and sugar products
- White bread, white flour, unhealthy carbohydrates
Risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes
- Over 45 years old
- Obesity / overweight
- Family history of type 2 diabetes
- Pre-diabetic condition such as insulin resistance
- No exercise, sedentary lifestyle
- Low levels of High-Density Lipoproteins (HDL) or high levels of triglycerides
- High blood pressure
- History of gestational diabetes
- Diet with high saturated fats and simple carbohydrates
- High alcohol intake
- Women with poly-cystic ovarian syndrome
Clinical symptoms of diabetes mellitus
- Excessive urination
- Urine similar to honey — sweet and astringent
- Cloudy (turbid) urine with suspended particles
- Pallor (paleness) and dryness of the body
- General debility and weakness
- Bad body odour
- Emaciation and weak sexual interest
The Advantages of NaturopathyNaturopathy:
- Have no harmful side-effects whatsoever as the medicines are botanical and can be used with your conventional medicines simultaneously.
- The belief is to remove the underlying causes of the disease from its roots and improve the immunity.
- It focuses on an over-all fitness of the mind and body and doesn’t necessarily revolve around one single disease but has a holistic approach towards healing.
- Unlike other treatments, it depends on the person’s will to get healthy and his metabolism and energy not on medicines.
Diabetes types
Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar. The hormone insulin moves sugar from the blood into your cells to be stored or used for energy. With diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t effectively use the insulin it does make.
Untreated high blood sugar from diabetes can damage your nerves, eyes, kidneys, and other organs.
There are a few different types of diabetes:
- Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. The immune system attacks and destroys cells in the pancreas, where insulin is made. It’s unclear what causes this attack. About 10 percent of people with diabetes have this type.
- Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body becomes resistant to insulin, and sugar builds up in your blood.
- Prediabetes occurs when your blood sugar is higher than normal, but it’s not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
- Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar during pregnancy. Insulin-blocking hormones produced by the placenta cause this type of diabetes.
A rare condition called diabetes insipidus is not related to diabetes mellitus, although it has a similar name. It’s a different condition in which your kidneys remove too much fluid from your body.
Each type of diabetes has unique symptoms, causes, and treatments. Learn more about how these types differ from one another.
Symptoms of diabetes
Diabetes symptoms are caused by rising blood sugar.
General symptoms
The general symptoms of diabetes include:
- increased hunger
- increased thirst
- weight loss
- frequent urination
- blurry vision
- extreme fatigue
- sores that don’t heal
Symptoms in men
In addition to the general symptoms of diabetes, men with diabetes may have a decreased sex drive, erectile dysfunction (ED), and poor muscle strength.
Symptoms in women
Women with diabetes can also have symptoms such as urinary tract infections, yeast infections, and dry, itchy skin.
Type 1 DIABETESDiabetes
Symptoms of type 1 Diabetes can include:
- extreme hunger
- increased thirst
- unintentional weight loss
- frequent urination
- blurry vision
- tiredness
शुगर का बेहतरीन नियंत्रण
पैंक्रियास में सुधार के द्वारा शुगर का बेहतर नियंत्रण, जिससे हाइपोग्लाइसीमिया की संभावना नहीं के बराबर
इंजेक्शन से मुक्ति
हमारा उपचार मधुमेह से जुड़े मूल दोष को ठीक करता है और आपको चीनी को नियंत्रित करने के लिए संघर्ष करने की आवश्यकता नहीं होती है।
गुर्दे की सुरक्षा
शुगर पर आपका नियंत्रण इतना सटीक होता है कि किडनी सम्बंधित जटिलताओं की संभावना बहुत कम होती है।
हृदयाघात से बचाव
ह्रदय और धमनियों के स्वास्थ्य में सुधार के द्वारा हृदयाघात से बचाव। कोलेस्ट्रॉल का स्वतः नियंत्रण।
अंधापन / रेटिनोपैथी से सुरक्षा
हमारे उपचार से ब्लड वेसल्स में सुधार से रेटिना का बेहतर ब्लड सप्लाई होता है और अंधापन जैसे दुष्परिणाम की संभावना बहुत ही कम रहती है।
सेक्स की समस्या भी ठीक होती है
स्वास्थ्य में सुधार से सेक्स की समस्या स्वतः ठीक हो जाती है।
