EFFICACY OF AMLAKI CHOORNA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MADHUMEHA (DIABETES MELLITUS): A CASE STUDY

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus today is a major burden on health care facilities around the world. Incidences of both thetypes of diabetes are growing rapidly.

It is estimated that, in the year 2000, around 171 million people had diabetes, and this is expected to be more than double by the year 2030, in the absence of better control or cure worldwide. Diabetes is a heterogeneous condition characterized by hyperglycaemia as a consequence of defects in insulin secretion. Diabetes is considered as one of the major silent killer.

The type-2 diabetes mellitus is caused due to a combination of insulin resistance and an insulin secretory defect. Type-1 diabetes is characterized by a near-absolutet deficiency of insulin secretion.

The other major cause of it is the modified changes of individual’s life style . Now a day’s people are practicing sedentary life i.e having a lot of junk foods ,little or no physical activity andits negative health influences include diabetes followed by anxiety, cardiovascular disease,  depression and many more.

In ayurvedait can be correlated with “Madhumeha” whichresults from various nidhana (causative factors).Treatment of ayurveda has effective results in the management of madhumeha by a single drug administration of amlakichoorna.

KEYWORDS: Diabetes mellitus, metabolic disorder, Madhumeha