Diabetes — excess thirst, urination, fatigue; jamun aids sugar control.
Also known as: sugar · मधुमेह · शुगर · डायबिटीज · diabetes mellitus · madhumeha · प्रमेह · prameha
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Mango: mix equal parts mango and jamun juice; drink for a few days to help manage blood sugar. Amla: grind equal parts dried amla and jamun seed; take two teaspoons on an empty stomach with water each morning. Fresh amla juice, or a spoon of amla powder twice daily with water or milk, also helps lower blood sugar. Jamun: eat about 150g jamun daily. Grind the dried seed (guthli) to powder and take one teaspoon three times a day (morning, noon, night) with water — the jambolin in the seed stops starch turning to sugar. Add 3g powdered mango kernel for extra effect.
Mushrooms are very low on the glycemic index with almost no starch — a sautéed katori with lunch adds protein and fibre without raising sugar.
Traditional
मटर · Green peas
Green peas are low on the glycemic index and rich in protein and fibre — a katori with lunch steadies the rise in sugar after the meal.
Traditional
करेला · Bitter gourd
Half a cup of bitter-gourd juice on an empty stomach each morning.
Traditional
बेसन · Gram flour
Roasted gram-flour (besan) roti in place of wheat keeps sugar steadier.
Traditional
तेजपत्ता · Bay leaf
Two bay leaves boiled in water, taken warm twice daily.
Traditional
जामुन · Jamun
eat about 150g jamun daily. Grind the dried seed (guthli) to powder and take one teaspoon three times a day (morning, noon, night) with water — the jambolin in the seed stops starch turning to sugar. Add 3g powdered mango kernel for extra effect.
Traditional
आँवला · Amla
grind equal parts dried amla and jamun seed; take two teaspoons on an empty stomach with water each morning. Fresh amla juice, or a spoon of amla powder twice daily with water or milk, also helps lower blood sugar.
Traditional
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आम · Mango
mix equal parts mango and jamun juice; drink for a few days to help manage blood sugar.
Traditional
तेजपत्र · Indian Bay Leaf
Half a spoon of bay leaf powder with warm water on an empty stomach.
Traditional
बेल पत्र चाय · Bael-leaf tea
3-4 bael leaves boiled in a cup of water, on an empty stomach — a long-standing help with fasting sugar. It does not replace metformin; compare your reading before and after a fortnight.
Traditional
दालचीनी चाय · Cinnamon tea
A small piece — about 1 g — boiled in a cup of water, once a day; it helps insulin sensitivity a little. Use true cinnamon where you can: cassia in large daily amounts is hard on the liver.
Traditional
मेथी चाय · Fenugreek tea
1 tsp fenugreek seeds soaked overnight — drink the water and chew the seeds in the morning. The soluble fibre slows sugar absorption; of all the kitchen helps, this one has the best evidence.
Traditional
तेजपत्ता चाय · Bay-leaf tea
1 bay leaf boiled in a cup of water, once a day — a modest help with fasting sugar alongside the medicine, never in place of it.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Walk briskly for forty-five minutes daily — after the largest meal is best. Mandukasana and Vakrasana daily.
Weekly one-day fruit fast; sun bath for twenty minutes on the bare back.
Classical Formulations
गुडूची सत्व · Guudchi Satva
Ingredients: Guudchi extract, mineral salts, turmeric
Bhojanveda
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