Abstract

ANTI DIABETIC (MADHUMEHA GHANA) ACTIVITY OF GUDUCHI KANDA GHANA VATI AND PATRA GHANA VATI- A PILOT STUDY

Swati Kansal*, Balaji S. Sawant and Dr. Shraddha Chaudhary

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Abstract

A clinical study was conducted on patients of Madhumeha resembling conditions with diabetes mellitus type 2 to evaluate the madhumeha har Karma of Guduchi mentioned in Bhavprakash nighantu Guduchyadi varga. Guduchi patra is also used in madhumeha as references are available in Bhavprakash nighantu and Nighantu Ratnakar. The aim and objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of Guduchi kanda and patra ghanvati in madhumeha. The preliminary study was done on 8 cases of madhumeha w.s.r. to Diabetes mellitus. Results obtained from study revealed that it shows good effect in relieving subjective criteria like prabhut mutrata, avila mutrata and nidra adhikya. Also shown results on objective criteria like blood sugar. The results of the pilot trial provide preliminary support to continue work on larger sample sizes at OPD level.

Keywords: Guduchi kanda, Guduchi patra, Tinospora cordifolia, Ghanvati, Madhumeha, Diabetes mellitus.