ALTERNATIVE HERBAL MEDICATION FOR DIABETES CONTROL: A REVIEW

Diabetes or diabetes mellitus is a disease manifested by increased blood sugar level in the blood. Diabetes mellitus is a group of syndromes characterized by hyperglycemia, altered metabolism of lipids, carbohydrate and proteins and increase risk of complications from vascular disease.The treatment of diabetes involves use of allopathic medicines that themselves exert significant side effects. Since, the medicines to be used in diabetes require prolonged administration, therefore current interests have shifted to the use of alternative methods of treatment for diabetes. These involve herbal products, plants such as hams horn, fenugreek and other plants and micronutrients as chromium, vanadium etc that only treat diabetes but also aid other medicines and reduces side effects associated. The current article focuses on use of such alternative methods for effective diabetes treatment.