Are homeopathic medicines safe for your diabetic self?
It’s a known fact that diabetes is a condition in which sugar builds up in the bloodstream. Diabetes is regularly treated with a diet change, exercise, and prescription medications to control blood sugar. Still, many people with diabetes have trouble controlling their signs and symptoms of diabetes. Read on to know more.
Signs and symptoms of diabetes
Frequent urination and increased thirst and hunger are the basic signs and symptoms of diabetes. The most common signs and symptoms of diabetes include the following.
- Persistent hunger
- Fatigue
- Excessive thirst
- Excessive urination
- Dry mouth
- Skin sores
- Blurry vision
Homeopathy treatment for diabetes
Homeopathy is based on the idea that a condition can be treated with a diluted amount of a natural substance that’s been shown to cause symptoms of the disease in healthy people. There are many homeopathic medicines for diabetes. Read on for more information about homeopathic medicines to help you make an informed decision about your diabetes care. If you want to try a particular homeopathic medicine, make sure to book an appointment with your homeopath first.
Homeopathic medicines are made from minerals, plants, or animals. Homeopathic principles state that when a substance is diluted, it increases its therapeutic strength. The natural substance is diluted to the point where the medicine contains only trace amounts of the substance. It can then be formulated as sugar pellets. Homeopathic medicines for diabetes are made of natural substances and are absolutely free from any side effects.
Some of the common homeopathic medicines to treat the symptoms of diabetes or prevent complications include the following.
- Syzygium jambolanum helps to treat thirst, weakness, skin ulcers, and excessive urination.
- Uranium nitricum is promoted to treat excessive urination, nausea, swelling, and burning with urination.
- Conium is supposed to treat numbness in the feet and hands as well as diabetic neuropathy i.e., nerve damage.
- Plumbum helps with numbness in the hands and feet, nerve pain, and tinnitus.
- Calendula treats infected ulcers.
- Phosphorus is a natural homeopathic remedy of great help for the weakness of vision in a diabetic patient.
- Phosphoric acid is endorsed to treat impaired memory, confusion or heavy head, frequent urination at night, hair loss, and difficulty maintaining an erection.
- Candida (yeast) is said to treat yeast infections.
- Gymnema Sylvestre is a natural homeopathic medicine for who are losing weight with weakness and exhaustion. This homeopathic medicine works as a stimulant resulting in improvement of overall health. With this homeopathic medicine, the patient puts on weight and feels energetic.
How effective is homeopathic medicine in treating diabetes?
Homeopathy can be a great balancing treatment in treating diabetes and works well on treating any side effects of diabetes. It is quite effective on the side effects of diabetes like nerve damage and erectile dysfunction. Talking about the side effects of the medicines when taken with allopathic medicines, both the treatments work for different causes i.e., allopathic medicines to control diabetes and homeopathic medicines to control the side effects; they do not have any counter effect at all.
Conclusion
It is strongly advised to visit your nearest homeopathy clinic as soon as you notice signs and symptoms of diabetes. Homeopathic medicines for diabetes emphasize on the holistic management of diabetes. Expert diabetes consultants at Dr Batra’s® monitor and manage diabetes patients efficiently. Blood sugar (fasting and post-lunch) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) levels are regularly monitored. Patients are also closely tracked for any diabetes complications that might be setting in. Homeopathic medicines can also help to maintain insulin levels and they, as already mentioned, complement conventional medicine, bringing about better and long-lasting treatment outcomes.
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