An overview of Indian plant remedies in homoeopathy for diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus is one of the major Non-Communicable disease and group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Type 2 Diabetes mellitus, which accounts for majority of the cases, can lead to multi organ complications. Despite all the treatments now available, the outcome for patients with Diabetes Mellitus remains disappointing and Long-term complications still cause significant morbidity and mortality. Homoeopathy could help to mitigate some long term effects associated with Diabetes Mellitus by providing constitutional medicines. Homoeopathy is a unique system of medicine based on individualization and symptom similarity of the patient. It treats every sickness of a man as a whole and individualized entity, and plants are major source of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, some Indian plant remedies used traditionally in Homoeopathy for Diabetes mellitus which need much more systematic clinical research as a constitutional and poetized Homoeopathic remedies through application of family themes by Michel Yakir plant chart, Dr. Mahesh Gandhi Personal evolution model and Dr. Rajan Sankaran sensation method. The knowledge Indian Plant remedies on Diabetes Mellitus according to their family themes will expand its use.