A Clinical Study on the Efficacy of Hemadrumasyadi Decoction on Apathya nimittaja prameha (Type II Diabetes Mellitus)
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Ancient Medicine and Yoga - Year 2019, Vol 12, Issue 3
Abstract
Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is rapidly rising at an alarming rate all over the world and in Sri Lanka. It downgrades the quality of life of people. Management of Diabetes Mellitus is one of the challenging health issues faced by health professionals. Hence, alternative systems of medicine are being explored to fill the gap of its management. Prameha has been described in Ayurveda for thousands of years ago. Apathya nimittaja prameha (ANP) is caused by unhealthy dietary and lifestyle factors and it is well correlated with type II DM. Ayurveda possesses a number of valuable remedies that can be used in the management of ANP. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of Hemadrumasyadi Decoction (HD) on Type II DM. Selected patients (n=30) were treated with HD 120 ml, with 10 ml of bee honey before meals, twice a day for four weeks. All the patients were assessed for quantitative and qualitative parameters, before and after the treatment to evaluate the effect of decoction. Data were analyzed with SPSS software. Present study has revealed that Type II DM is more common among 40–60 age group (78%) and people who engaged in mental labour dominant occupations (74%). Sedentary life style (72%) and excessive intake of fatty and sweet foods have found to be the leading causative factors. Pitta-Kapha type of prakriti is more prone to have ANP (63.3%). HD produced highly significant (p<0.001) improvement in polyuria, polydipsia, fasting blood sugar (FBS), total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) whereas significant (p<0.05) improvement in fatigue, burning sensation in hands and feet, high density lipoprotein (HDL). Finally, it is concluded that Hemadrumasyadi Decoction is effective in improving some parameters of Type II DM significantly.
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SMS Samarakoon
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A Clinical Study on the Efficacy of Hemadrumasyadi Decoction on Apathya nimittaja prameha (Type II Diabetes Mellitus)
Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is rapidly rising at an alarming rate all over the world and in Sri Lanka. It downgrades the quality of life of people. Management of Diabetes Mellitus is one of the challenging health...