Prevention and Management of Diabetes and its Complications by Unani Herbal Medicine - A Review

Abstract

Diabetes is one of the most important health problems today affecting 15 million of people worldwide. The prevalence of Diabetes in the world wide was estimated to be about 4% in 1995 and will rise to 5.4% by the year 2025. The number of adults with Diabetes in the world wills rise from 135 million in 1995 to 300 million by the year 2025. Nature has provided us a rich storehouse of herbal remedies to cure all aliments of mankind. India has vast and inexhaustible resources of drugs of plants origin. There has been resurgence in the consumption and demand for medicinal plants. These plants are finding use as pharmaceutical, nautraceuticals, cosmetic and food supplements. Even traditional source of medicine they continue to play a pivotal role. Plants have been source of medicine from ancient times for controlling blood sugar level. In this review article, an attempt has been made to compile the reported hypoglycemic plants as these drugs are also described in unani classical literature for prevention and management of diabetes mellitus and its complications.