European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

NEPHROPATHY PROTECTIVE DRUGS FOR DIABETES TYPE-II: AN AYURVEDIC PROSPECTIVE

Dhananjay V. Patel*

ABSTRACT

A kidney is one of the most active organs of the body. In twenty-four hours, both the kidneys filter about 120 to 150 quarts of blood, out of which about 1 to 2 quarts of urine is formed, composed of wastes or unwanted materials. This way it purifies the blood and forms the urine. It executes its function through the millions of filtering units called as nephrons. When the nephrons are damaged, it is termed as nephropathy, which is a chronic loss of kidney function usually occurs with diabetes mellitus due to hyperglycemia. Nephropathy is a serious complication and cause of death in most of the diabetic cases. That is the reason that diabetic patients have a high rate of mortality and morbidity compare to other chronic disorders. However, there are no specific preventive measures found for the diabetic nephropathy. In the Ayurvedic ancient science of health, few drugs have been described to be effective on Mutravaha Srotasa, Vrikka or kidney and it also potentiates the therapeutic efficacy to prevent the nephron damage as well improve the renal filtration.

Keywords: Diabetes type-II, Mutravaha Srotas, Nephropathy, protective drugs, Vrikka.