Beat diabetes with alternative therapies – homeopathy and ayurveda

November 14 is World Diabetes Day. 

This is part of a series of articles on alternative therapies that can beat diabetes.

Homeopathy

Homoeopathy works on matching the profile of the patient with the right prescription. Arsenicum album, Bryonia alba, Rhustox, Nat. Sulph, Phosphorus and Syzygium have been found to be effective in various cases of diabetes. But careful profiling is a must. As Deepak Kashyap, who specialises in integrated medicine, cautions, ‘The choice of exact remedy matching the patient is extremely important, and therefore, care should be taken that one consults a good Homoeopath before going ahead with Homoeopathy. Dr Nitin Shah, a Homoeopath in Mumbai, concurs saying, ‘Diabetes is a complex disease, and therefore, the patient should be profiled carefully before any drug is prescribed.’ He further cautions that regular sugar tests must continue to be taken even after the level has stabilised. ‘With careful profiling, a drop in sugar levels can be seen within three months,’ says Dr Raman, a Homoeopath in Chennai, a diabetic himself  At the age of 62, he was diagnosed with diabetes with sugar levels varying between 250 and 280. Now, with Homoeopathy and Ayurveda, his sugar remains controlled between 90 and 140 and he is fit and active at the age of 75.

Ayurveda

 ‘I recommend Mersina of J&J Dechane to all my diabetic patients as it is extremely effective in controlling the other complications of diabetes, like liver and kidney weakness,’ says Dr Raman, who believes firmly in focusing on the good of the patient, and not be limited by labels of the therapy one is practising.

‘Within a month, my sugar count has dropped by 40,’ says Mrs Veda Rao from Bangalore, who is confident that her sugar levels will soon be perfectly manageable with the help of Dr Balamurali Krishna of the Amrutabharatichikitsalaya, Bangalore. The kendra run by Sri Ramachandrapura Mutt, uses Ayurvedic medicines along with distilled cow urine, believed to have anti-diabetic properties, and therefore a catalyst for healing.

 As soon as tests revealed diabetes in its nascent stage, Dr Kapoor (name changed), an allopath in a leading hospital in Delhi, approached Mr Kashyap and brought his sugar levels under control with Ayurveda within 20 days. So much so that when he went for another sugar test the following month, his colleagues exclaimed on comparing the two reports, ‘This is quite unbelievable. One of the tests is not yours!’ Mr Kashyap rates Ayurveda as the best option for diabetes, saying, ‘Though consulting a practitioner is the best, even off-the-shelf remedies such as Shilaprameha Vati of Vyas, X Diaba of Surya and Swami Ramdev’s Madhulnashini Vati are effective.