Abstract

A REVIEW ON HERBAL ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS

*Dr. Deepak Singla and Dr. Ruhi Gupta

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Abstract

Ayurvedic texts are mentioned this Vedic shastra as a science of life. Ayurveda mainly targeted lifestyle of human being & mentioned number of drugs on various diseases. Among these disorders, diabetes is a major disorder. Due to which people are suffering alot. Diabetes is a major metabolic disorder. Anti-diabetic drugs from modern science can treat this disease but at the cost of major side effects. Diabetic patients are using the modern drugs at strong doses & these drugs are much costlier. Need of today’s era is to use alternate therapies for diabetes. Among all possible therapies Ayurveda gives light of hope by using the Anti-diabetic drugs as mentioned in ancient texts. Ayurveda uses many drugs for diabetes (Madhumehhar) especially herbal and herbomineral preparations. This review paper targets on various Ayurvedic drugs herbal, herbomineral (single/compound preparations). This paper targets on antidiabetic properties of Ayurvedic drugs mentioned in Ayurvedic texts as well as their pharmacological effects, phytochemical effects and their scientific studies.

Keywords: Diabetes, Ayurveda, Antidiabetic drugs, Herbal, Herbominerals.