You can take a break from the fear of another world war because there’s something more threatening than that. In 2021, more than 6.7 million people died due to diabetes; the next year more than 830 million people were found to have diabetes. Diabetes is a typical physical condition when pancreas fails to produce sufficient insulin or when insulins don’t have effect on the body. As a result, body’s glucose level shoots up making one diabetic. It’s one of the most alarming threats that you must be aware of and prevent. Thankfully, diabetes treatment is quite common but you need to find the most effective one. You can either opt for treating it with conventional medicines or explore a wider range of ayurvedic treatment for diabetes.
As you know diabetes are classified into different types – Type 1, 2 and gestational diabetes; each one is equally threatening. As a common precaution from all the three types, you must ideally keep a check on your glucose level and ensure they are below the dangerous level of diabetes.
What is the Dangerous Level?
To determine whether you are affected by diabetes or not your fasting blood sugar (also known as FBS) and postprandial blood sugar (PPBS) counts are taken and checked against the standard ranges. FBS between 70-100 mg/dL and PPBS less than 140 mg/dL is considered normal blood glucose content in an individual; FBS between 100-125 mg/dL and PPBS 140-199 mg/dL is considered prediabetes and individuals with FBS and PPBS count beyond the respective ranges are diabetic.
You must maintain a healthy level of glucose in your body; lesser than the standard count or more than that can be dangerous. So, anything beyond or lower than the minimum and maximum count, can be dangerous.
The dangerous levels are identified as hyperglycemia which means higher blood glucose levels and hypoglycemia which is lower blood sugar levels.
Understanding Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia
When we talk about dangerous level of diabetes both the extremes are a threat – beyond the standard level and below it. Your body needs certain amount of glucose; the lack of it has its consequences and so does excess of it. When the body cannot produce enough insulin or when they cannot sufficiently use the insulin then glucose accumulates in the body. Thus is exceeds the standard amount making one diabetic. This condition is called hyperglycemia; it’s the state of high blood sugar.
On the other hand, hypoglycemia is the state when your body’s glucose level is lower than the required amount. Such a state is also undesirable because your body needs certain amount of glucose for deriving energy but when they don’t get that, it affects your health in several ways.
Hyperglycemia Effects
Prolonged hyperglycemia is a silent killer. Presence of excess glucose in your body can seriously damage your health and when goes untreated it can even kill the patients. It affects the blood vessels initially and can gradually affect your kidneys (cause Nephropathy), damage retina (cause Retinopathy), damage nerves (causing Neuropathy), affect the nerves and muscles in your stomach (causing Gastroparesis), cause cardiac issues and even stroke.
As mentioned above it starts affecting your blood vessels; blood carrying excess glucose through different organs also gets affected. The longer your diabetes the more are your health risks; it only aggravates with time. Interestingly, you have quite a good number of options for treating diabetes but you need to ensure they come with zero or negligible side effects because diabetes has already done the damage to your body.
Hypoglycemia Effects
When your body lacks the required amount of glucose, the condition is referred to as hypoglycemia. When the blood sugar level drops below 70 mg/dL, it is hypoglycemia and that’sa dangerous level of diabetes too. Your body needs glucose for providing you energy; not having that also affects your health. Often hypoglycemia makes one shaky, tremendously weak, makes one sweat and feel very cold at the same time, feel extremely hungry, dizziness, causes heartbeat to fluctuate or become abnormally faster. Additionally, people affected with hypoglycemia can also suffer with anxiety, have pale skin and tingling numbness on their tongue, cheeks or lips, clumsiness, become disoriented, remain confused, even faint and experience seizures. What’s worrisome is that leaving it untreated can even be a risk to your life.
There are several ways to treat hypoglycemia too but the ones with minimum to zero side effects are the best ways to treat it because hypoglycemia is also a dangerous level of diabetes.
Treating Dangerous Levels of Diabetes with Ayurveda
Whether you are an Indian or someone aware about Ayurveda, you know how deeply effective it is for your health. It can cure diabetes by correcting the root cause; that’s what is needed. The real talk is: Ayurveda treats the problems at their roots to ensure complete cure.
How Ayurveda Looks at Diabetes?
To understand how Ayurveda works to treat diabetes that the entire medial fraternity across the world is trying to resolve, you must understand a few basic concepts that form the foundation of Ayurvedic treatment for diabetes.
Ayurveda perceives diabetes as a urinary abnormality and identifies around twenty-four different types of diabetes. It is most concerned with Diabetes mellitus and has a holistic approach in treating diabetes through herbal medications, panchakarma therapy, yoga and aa few more approaches, each addressing the different concerns of diabetes.
The bottom line is to control glucose level in the blood and sure it remains at the standard level. There are a number of herbs that can fix it, therapies that can help and yoga that can enhance body’s (read body organs’) functioning for the desired outcome.
Herbs or Herbal Medicines for Treating Diabetes
Curcumin present in abundance in turmeric is a key ingredient that can manage glucose level in blood. So, turmeric is a primary herb that Ayurveda trusts for treating diabetes besides fenugreek, cinnamon, bitter melon, bitter gourd, aloe vera, ginseng, psyllium, and milk thistle. You know the herbs for utilizing them the best way, it would good to consult a professional or experience Ayurvedic practitioner.
Panchakarma Therapy
Sounds like real healing? It is; Ayurveda explores and verifies different holistic ways for treating health issues and this one has been found to be best the best for treating diabetes. It takes about fifteen days to complete the whole process where your body is detoxified and your body’s inner balance is restored through five different processes – vamana (it balanced the kapha in your body), virechana (removes toxins from your body to balance its pitta), vasti (uses prescribes oils and decoctions to balance your body vata), nasya (it removes congestion and heals the cranial nerves), and raktamokshana (purifies the blood in your body using verified ways).
Yoga Way to Control Diabetes
This ancient discipline of yoga has miraculous therapeutic benefits by balancing your body, mind and emotional state; bringing them to harmonious blend. It’s far reaching benefits are widely known for correcting lifestyle diseases that includes diabetes as well; especially type 2 diabetes. There are a number of yoga postures – Dhanurasana (or the Bow pose), Bhujangasana (or the Upward Facing Dog pose), Tadasana (or the Mountain pose), Chakrasana (or the Wheel pose), Balasana (or the Child Pose), and Viparita Karani (or the Legs Up the Wall pose), that improves blood circulation, enhance metabolism and functions of different body organs that adds up to controlling your blood sugar levels. Thus it yoga effectively helps in managing the glucose level in your body, which is controlling diabetes.
Ayurveda has been the reason for transformational changes, promoting holistic health, wellbeing and improving quality of life across the globe. The world has opened its arms and adopting Ayurvedic treatment for diabetes for real cures and sustainability. If you or any of your loves ones have been affected with diabetes then you must give it a try and allow the benefits to take charge of your or your dear ones’ health.
