Diabetes is a disease in which the body doesn't produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas, an organ near the stomach. Insulin is needed to turn sugar and other food into energy. When a person has diabetes, your body
either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use its own insulin as well as it should, or both. This causes sugars to build up to higher than normal levels in your blood.
Symptoms:
Some diabetes symptoms include:
Frequent urination
Excessive thirst
Extreme hunger
Unusual weight loss
Increased fatigue
Irritability
Blurry vision
Ayurvedic perspective:
According to Ayurvedic philosophy, diabetes is called Medumeha. Medumeha is one type of premehas (metabolic disorders). There are 20 total premehas described in Ayurveda. These are described in three categories:
Kaphaj meha (diseases which appears due to aggravation of kapha), Pattik meha (diseases which appears due to aggravation of pitta) and Vatik meha (diseases that appears due to aggravation of vata).
Medumeha (diabetes) falls in the third category, Vatik meha (diseases that appears due to aggravation of vata). Vata is an Ayurvedic humour which symbolizes wind and dryness. Deterioration is
a feature symptom of aggravated vata. Maximum deterioration of dathus (vital organs) occurs in this type of premeha due to aggravation of vata. All organs are affected with diabetes. Weakness, eye problems, losing weight are
complications of diabetes.
Medicines available for treating this deterioration does not work at the same speed of deterioration, so this disease is supposed to be asadahaya (difficult to treat). If we treat the root
cause, it can be controlled; that is balance of three doshas vata, pitta and kapha.
Treatment
The line of treatment is to generally pacify vata dosha. In addition, having good digestion, physical exercise and relaxation of mind helps to get rid of this disease or helps in keeping the
blood sugar within normal limits.
Diet
Avoid excess intake of sweets,
carbohydrates, and dairy products.
Take more fresh vegetables and
bitter herbs.
Eliminate all objects that
contain sugar from diet, like wheat, rice, potato, sugar, sugar cane and its
juice, jaggery, sweet fruits.
Reduce fats, especially butter
and ghee from diet.
Go for the following
low-calorie, low-fat alkaline diet of high quality natural foods.
