What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is your main source of energy and comes from the food you eat.
Insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas, helps glucose from food get into your cells to be used for energy.
Sometimes your body doesn’t make enough—or any—insulin or doesn’t use insulin well. Glucose then stays in your blood and doesn’t reach your cells.
What health problems can people with diabetes develop?
Over time, high blood glucose leads to problems such as
· heart disease
· stroke
· kidney disease
· eye problems
· dental disease
· nerve damage
· foot problems
There are different types of diabetes; the three most common types of diabetes are type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. Strong international evidence shows diabetes prevention programs can help prevent type 2 diabetes in up to 58 per cent of cases. You can do a lot to reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, read our tips below.
Type 1
Currently type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented. However, researchers are looking into the autoimmune process and environmental factors that lead people to developing type 1 diabetes to help prevent type 1 diabetes in the future.
Type 2
Evidence, including large-scale randomised control trials, shows type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed in up to 58 per cent of cases by maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active and following a healthy eating plan.
People at risk of type 2 diabetes can delay and even prevent the condition by:
· Maintaining a healthy weight
· Regular physical activity
· Making healthy food choices
· Managing blood pressure
· Managing cholesterol levels
Also Acupuncture can balance blood glucose Level.
Food Supplements for Diabetes
- Cinnamon
- Chromium
- Vitamin B-1
- Alpha-Lipoic Acid
- Bitter Melon
- Green Tea
- Resveratrol
- Magnesium
HOMEOPATHY
Management of diabetes in Homepathy
The remedy Syzygium (Jambol seeds) has a reputation for a specific effect on diabetes, and can be given in mother tincture, three drops daily in water.
Apis mellifica (the honey bee) can stimulate a good urine flow and improve fluid retention. Natrum muriaticum (salt), Lycopodium (club moss) and Sulphur are all wonderful constitutional medicines which can improve renal function
Erectile dysfunction (impotence)
The commonly used one are Uranium Nitricum, Phosphoric Acid, Syzygium Jambolanum, Gymnema sylvestre and Cephalandra Indica. These are used in physiologically active doses such as Mother tincture or 3x, depending up on the level of the blood sugar and the requirement of the patient.
Neuropathy
The peripheral nerves can be damaged giving rise to blunting of sensation in the feet and hands. This can be dangerous because minor injuries, such as blisters, will not be felt and will thus be ignored. The numbness may be helped by Conium.
ACUPUNCTURE CURE IN DIABETES
TCM Classification of Diabetes
The Chinese language includes two terms for diabetes. The traditional name, Xiao-ke, correlates closely with diabetes in most instances. Xiao-ke syndrome means “wasting and thirsting.” The more modern term, Tang-niao-bing, means “sugar urine illness.” Reference to diabetes by the traditional term appears in the earliest texts, including the first medical text in Chinese history, Huang Di Nei Jing, or The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic.
Diabetes is classically divided into three types: upper, middle, and lower Xiao-ke. Each has characteristic symptoms. The upper type is characterized by excessive thirst, the middle by excessive hunger, and the lower by excessive urination. These types are closely associated with the lungs, stomach, and kidneys, respectively, and all three are associated with Yin deficiency. At some point during the course of their illness, most people with diabetes manifest symptoms of all three types.
According to TCM, Xiao-ke is attributed to three main factors: improper diet (consuming large quantities of sweets, fatty or greasy foods, alcohol, and hot drinks such as hot coffee or tea), emotional disturbances (stress, anxiety, depression,) and a constitutional Yin deficiency (fatigue, weakness, lethargy, pale complexion).
In the case of a person with diabetes presenting with symptoms of excessive thirst, the diagnosis can be described as kidney Yin deficiency along with lung Yin deficiency and “internal heat that consumes fluids, thus bringing on wasting and thirsting.”
TCM Therapies
Unlike Western medicine, TCM is not concerned with measuring and monitoring blood glucose levels in diabetic patients. Treatment is individualized and geared toward assessing and treating the symptoms that compose patterns of deficiency and disharmony.
Acupuncture/moxibustion
Acupuncture and moxibustion traditionally have been used in the treatment of diabetes to reduce blood glucose levels and normalize endocrine function. Clinical and experimental studies have demonstrated that acupuncture has a beneficial effect on lowering serum glucose levels.
A typical acupuncture treatment involves needling 4–12 points and allowing the needles to remain in place for 10–30 min. Needles may be stimulated manually or by using a small electrical current. In addition, the practitioner may warm the points with moxibustion.
The number of treatments for chronic conditions such as diabetes ranges from 6 to 14 sessions. This may be followed by “tune up” sessions every 2–6 months.
Auricular Acupuncture
Auricular acupuncture (inserting needles into specific points on the ear) may be used alone or in conjunction with body acupuncture. According to TCM, the entire body is represented on the ear. Examination of the ears often reveals surface irregularities, such as superficial capillaries, scars, pitting, pimples, flaking, discoloration, or swelling. Upon probing the auricle of the ear with a rounded, blunt instrument the practitioner may discover tender areas that may correspond to the area of the patient’s pain or disturbance.
A sample auricular treatment for diabetes might include needling a master point, for example, Shen Men (a good point for almost all disorders), along with the endocrine point, lung point (for thirst), stomach point (for hunger), kidney and bladder points (for frequent urination), and pancreas point (for increasing insulin secretion).
SUJOK Treatment
In this system hands and feet represent a mirror image of the anatomy of the human body with all associated organs and structures.
In Sujok therapy, the hands and feet are the locations of systems of active points. These points correspond to the organ. Treating a specific area of the foot or palm will alleviate a diseased organ. The idea behind the sujok principle is stimulating the points to treat diseases This therapy can cure most of the diseases.
The effects of acupuncture, particularly on pain, are mediated in part by the release of endogenous opioids from the spinal cord, brain stem, and hypothalamus. In addition, it has been demonstrated that neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and substance P, are released during acupuncture treatments. Increases in local blood flow and vasodilation and increased levels of cortisol have also been demonstrated.
A 300% increase in plethysmographic recordings of blood flow has been demonstrated in the digits of limbs stimulated with electro acupuncture.
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Acupuncture is a Holistic method. We believe one organ can get damage. TCM tells there is a cycle of energy flow within our body. Disease means, there is insufficient flow of energy to a particular organ or stagnation of energy in an organ. The role of acupuncturist is to stimulate the cycle to go around. Once the flow is corrected, the disease disappears.
We give Acupuncture Treatment in TCM and in Advanced Tung Acupuncture systems to balance our body.
We treat Auricular Points on Ears.
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We also train you to maintain your health in Seed theraphy in Sujok Method.
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