DIABETES MELLITUS AND ITS TREATMENT ASPECTS IN HERBAL MEDICINE Authors: Dash B And Chakraborthy GS*,
ABSTRACT
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease which has clinched the world. More than 300
million people of the world are suffering from this disease and the number is still increasing
at a rapid rate as modern medical science has no permanent solution for the disease. Current
scenario of the nutraceuticals has increased patient’s faith on the traditional medicinal system
and world nutraceutical industry is estimated to reach $285.0 billion by 2021. The increasing
trend of nutraceuticals in diabetes treatment makes it important to collect the traditional
knowledge of medicines under one heading as it can help researchers to formulate new
functional foods and nutraceuticals which can either lower down the risk or cure DM. In
addition, the discussion of market available food products, their active components and
possible health benefits can help the patients to understand the herbal medicines in a better
way.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus (DM), chronic hyperglycemia, Herbal Medicine Publication date: 01/11/2023 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2023/November/MS_IJBPAS_2023_6717.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.11.6717