Naturopathy

Symptoms :

Diabetes is a disorder of assimilation. When the pancreases become inactive or atrophied and cease to produce insulin, the body is unable to convert the sugar into energy for the muscles. Its chief symptoms are weakness and loss of weight, great thirst and increase in the amount of urine passed. There is some times voracious appetite but the patient gradually becomes more and more emaciated. Owing to poor vitality of the tissues, various skin eruptions like boils and carbuncles appear. There may be itching in the groins and eczema.

A serious complication could be gangrene of the skin of the feet, beginning with the toes. A curious phenomenon is that the younger the patient, the more rapid is the course of the disease.Allopathy depends mostly on administration of insulin to dissolve the sugar in the blood and forbidding starchy and sugary foods to the patients.

Treatment :

Naturopathy recommends a dieter ragmen and no drugs, for people suffering from diabetes. The main purpose is to help the body to assimilate the sugar into the system and that can be achieved by a special diet. Adiet, consisting of one kg. Of curd made from cow's milk and various types of gourds without salt is recommended .

The greener the vegetable, the most beneficial it would be. Sour fruits like tomatoes, oranges, pineapple, rose apple (jamun), Scolanum (makoy) could also be taken with advantage. The patient can also take one to two chappaties made of flour which has not been passed through sieve. The person suffering from diabetes must take long walks (preferably ten kilometers) daily.

Cereals, sugar and sugar preparations should not be taken for some time. The other method of treating the disease is by fasting for a couple of days and then eating sour fruit only for a week during which green vegetables may also be alternated with the fruits. Curd made from cow's milk must form an inevitable part of every meal.

If the curd is not available, about 50 grammes of germinated gram may be taken with every meal. After about a fortnight of this regimen, the patient can take bread made of whole flour. During the period of fasting, lukewarm enema should be taken every day.Diabetes must take physical exercise as that helps to utilize the blood sugar, walking, preferably jogging is the best exercise. Hip bath is also extremely beneficial in the case of diabetes, particularly for patients suffering from constipation. For a leathery skin most diabetics develop, the best exercise is vigorous rubbing of the skin with a rough towel for fifteen before a bath with cold water.The diabetic must also try to remain cheerful and keep his poise. There are some asanas recommended by yoga specialists which have proved helpful in dealing with the disease.