AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR DIABESES
According to Ayurveda, diabetes is a metabolic kapha type of disorder in which diminished functioning of Agni leads to a tendency toward high blood sugar. (Ayurveda recognizes 24 forms of the disease commonly classified under Prameha - 4 are due to Vata dosha, 6 are due to Pitta dosha, and 10 are caused by Kapha dosha. The main causes of these diseases are fat, urine, and Kapha build-ups due to foods, liquids, lifestyle and others.)

Ayurvedic practitioners attack diabetes using a multi-prong approach. First, they address diet modification, eliminating sugar and simple carbohydrates, and emphasizing complex carbohydrates. Protein is limited, since excessive intake can damage the kidneys. Fat is also limited because there is often a deficiency of pancreatic enzymes, making fat digestion difficult. Since many diabetics have auto antibodies, a cleansing program is instituted. Panchakarma is typically used for this purpose. This begins with herbal massages and an herbal steam sauna, followed by fasting to cleanse the body. This is followed by an herbal purge for the liver, pancreas, and spleen. Colon therapy is next, first to cleanse the digestive tract and then to reconstitute the system.

Ayurvedic practitioners also use several herbal preparations for diabetics. Exercise is another cornerstone of Ayurvedic treatment of diabetes. Yoga and breathing exercises are traditionally used.

• The most important herbs for all doshas are shilajit, gudmar turmeric, Neem, amalaki, Guggulu, and Arjuna. Turmeric with aloe vera gel is best used during the early stages of diabetes for regulating pancreas and liver functions. Other herbal remedies consist of
• Juice of bitter melon or bitter gourd (Momordica dioica, Roxb., Karela), or Rose apple (Eugenia Jambos, Linn., Jambu) or leaves of Bilva (Aegle Marmelos, Corr., Bael fruit) and Neem (Melia azadirachta, Ravipriya, or Indian Lilac)
• Juice of Jambu and Karela are administered in prescribed quantity twice daily combined with Shilajit (Swertia Decussata Nimmo), another useful medicine
• Capsules of Turmeric for up to a month are taken and the condition is reevaluated. Clinical observation suggests that a person who is insulin dependent will experience a markedly diminished requirement for insulin; the diabetes can often be brought under control.
• The Ayurveda preparation Vasanta Kusumakar Ras, is also found to be very good but is extremely costly. The said medicine brings down sugar lever quite quickly; hence sugar-levels should be carefully monitored. When sugar has touched its normal range, the dose should be tapered in a graduated manner, and added with Chandraprabhavati which is called a 'Poor man's remedy.'
• Seeds of Fenugreek White pepper with milk twice, alternately, the seed immersed and soaked in water can be prescribed depending upon the condition of the patient
• Several other herbs and Ayurvedic medicines such as powder of rose apple stones, decoctions of triphala, fenugreek, musta, Arjuna, sandalwood, lodhra, ajwan, gokshura, vidanga, guduchi, haritaki, and chitrak, Gudmar and shilajit are excellent.

DIET
Follow the kapha-pacifying diet. Avoid excess intake of sweets, carbohydrates, and dairy products. Take more fresh vegetables and bitter herbs. Other useful foods include: roasted or fried barley, corn flour, light, bitter vegetables, barley porridge, ghee, rice, and herbs like gokshura, gudmar, triphala, musta, cardamom, fenugreek, or coriander, mixed with honey. Triphala with amalaki juice can also be used to heal Prameha. Barley is the main food to heal urinary diseases. Other Ayurvedic methods to heal Prameha (diabetes) include strenuous exercises, oil massage, steam, sitz or waist bath, and sprinkling of water and ointment. Dry ginger, cardamom, and sandalwood may be used in baths or taken orally. Gudmar is the best herb for digesting sugar in the pancreas. A combination of gudmar and shilajit is an excellent remedy for diabetes that is often prescribed by Ayurvedic practitioners.

• 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.
• Take barley soaked in a triphala decoction overnight, then mixed with honey and eaten several times a day.
• Orange, and lemon, may be taken as and when needed.
• Take bitter melon, in any form, without any fear, and Jamun and powder of its seed.
• Take plenty of green vegetables, black gram, soy, fish etc.
• Copper Water
• Put one cup of water into a copper vessel at night, and drink the water in the morning.

• Take morning and evening walk
• Do Pranayama
• Do yoga asana.