Gymnema: Treatment of Diabetes

Recent trials under experimental and clinical conditions have shown significant results in the treatment of diabetes. It is remarkable that unlike insulin or oral hypoglycemic sulphonylurea compounds, the hypoglycemic effects of Gymnema Sylvestre are seen in only small percentage of the diabetic patients. This is so because the mechanisms of the diabetic syndrome vary with different patients Recent clinical trials conducted in India have shown that an extract of Gymnema sylvestre is useful in both insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and in certain types of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). As a result of these clinical tests and years of successful treatments, Gymnema is used today all over India for treating diabetes mellitus.

Gymnema: Pharmacological

How Gymnema works