TRADITIONAL APPROACHES FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES
Aryan Langeh*, P. V. Bhokare and Ashish Thorat
ABSTRACT
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder caused due to increased glucose level in blood due to various problems regarding secretion of hormone ie. Insulin which is secreted from the beta cells of islets of langerhance or glucose resistance takes place in the cells. According to WHO there are total 125 million diabetic patients throughout the word and 33 million in India which is expected to incr. by 80 million in 2030. This review will briefly summarie anti diabetic drugs will be discussed. The aim of this article is to present an overview of all anti diabetic drugs on the basis of they were used by the various tribal groups in different part of India. More than 100 traditional plants which were been used by tribal groups for the treatment of diabetes. Traditional treatments have mostly disappeared in occational socities, but some are prescribed by practitioners of alternative medicine or taken by patients as supplements to conventional therapy. However, plant remedies are the menstay of treatment in underdeveloped regions. In this article I have included 124 plant along with their family, local name, tribal group, area, pharmacological action, type of diabetes, part of plant, to be taken, along with the reference in the tabular form.
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