8/12/2019 Homeo for Diabetes http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/homeo-for-diabetes 1/23 Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 diabetes mellitus It is characterized by loss of the insulin-producing beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas leading insulin deficiency. This type of diabetes can be further classified as immune- mediated or idiopathic. The majority of type 1 diabetes is of the immune-mediated nature, where beta cell loss is a T-cell mediated autoimmune attack. There is no known preentie measure against type 1 diabetes, which causes appro!imately 1"# of diabetes mellitus cases in $orth %merica and &urope. 'ost affected people are otherwise healthy and of a healthy weight when onset occurs. (ensitiity and responsieness to insulin are usually normal, especially in the early stages. Type 1 diabetes can affect children or adults but was traditionally termed )juenile diabetes) because it represents a majority of the diabetes cases in children Type 2 diabetes mellitus Type * diabetes mellitus is characterized by insulin resistance which may be combined with relatiely reduced insulin secretion. The defectie responsieness of body tissues to insulin is belieed to inole the insulin receptor. +oweer, the specific defects are not known. iabetes mellitus due to a known defect are classified separately. Type * diabetes is the most common type. In the early stage of type * diabetes, the predominant abnormality is reduced insulin sensitiity. %t this stage hyperglycemia can be reersed by a ariety of measures and medications that improe insulin sensitiity or reduce glucose production by the lier. %s the disease progresses, the impairment of insulin secretion occurs, and therapeutic replacement of insulin often becomes necessary Diagnosis lycosylated hemoglobin and lucose tolerance test 1999 WHO Diabetes criteria Condition 2 hour glucose Fasting glucose mmol/l0mg/dl mmol/l0mg/dl $ormal 23.4 0215" 26.1 0211" Impaired fasting glycamia 23.4 0215" 7 6.10711" 8 23."021*6 Impaired glucose tolerance 73.4 0715" 23." 021*6 iabetes mellitus 711.1 07*"" 73." 071*6 iabetes mellitus is characterized by recurrent or persistent hyperglycemia, and is diagnosed by demonstrating any one of the following • 9asting plasma glucose leel at or aboe 3." mmol/L 01*6 mg/dL. • :lasma glucose at or aboe 11.1 mmol/L 0*"" mg/dL two hours after a 3; g oral glucose load as in a glucose tolerance test • (ymptoms of hyperglycemia and casual plasma glucose at or aboe 11.1 mmol/L 0*"" mg/dL.
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It is characterized by loss of the insulin-producing beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas leading insulin deficiency. This type of diabetes can be further classified as immune-
mediated or idiopathic. The majority of type 1 diabetes is of the immune-mediated nature, where beta cell loss is a T-cell mediated autoimmune attack.
There is no known preentie measure against type 1 diabetes, which causes appro!imately 1"#
of diabetes mellitus cases in $orth %merica and &urope. 'ost affected people are otherwisehealthy and of a healthy weight when onset occurs. (ensitiity and responsieness to insulin are
usually normal, especially in the early stages. Type 1 diabetes can affect children or adults but
was traditionally termed )juenile diabetes) because it represents a majority of the diabetes casesin children
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Type * diabetes mellitus is characterized by insulin resistance which may be combined with
relatiely reduced insulin secretion. The defectie responsieness of body tissues to insulin is
belieed to inole the insulin receptor. +oweer, the specific defects are not known. iabetesmellitus due to a known defect are classified separately. Type * diabetes is the most common
type.
In the early stage of type * diabetes, the predominant abnormality is reduced insulin sensitiity.%t this stage hyperglycemia can be reersed by a ariety of measures and medications that
improe insulin sensitiity or reduce glucose production by the lier. %s the disease progresses,
the impairment of insulin secretion occurs, and therapeutic replacement of insulin often becomesnecessary
Q I am a person with a history of diabetes Type II for the last ten years . 'y age is 55 and I am
facing se! problems for the last one year like &rectile ysfuntion, :re-ejuculation. :resently i am
on medicine for the control of diabetes which is controled now a days. :lease (uggest me some
homeopathic medicine which is aaible here in pakistan rawalpindi. I shall be ery great ful to
you for this act of kindness Thanks 8 <egards=
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1. cephalandra indica >
2. *.syzizium jumbolinum >
?oth medicine *" drops in half cup of water @ times a day and gradualy decreases the dose of
allopathic medicine by regular measuring of ur sugar leel.process of decreasing the dose of
allopathic med start after one month of taking aboe homoeo med.
"ndications (yzygium Aambolanum has marked action on diabetes mellitus as it causes markeddiminution of sugar in urine. reat thirst with weakness, emaciation inspite of proper nutritious diet.
:rofuse urination of high specific graity. (yzygium Aambolanum also helps in prickly heat in the upper
part of the body. (mall red pimples with much itching. (yzygium Aambolanum also helps in treating old
ulcers of skin associated with diabetes mellitus.
Home remedies diabetes #e recommend
Home remedies Diabetes $1 Take %lpha lipoic acid It helps to control sugar leel in the blood.
%lpha lipoic acid is considered among the elite, multipurpose antio!idants.
Home remedies Diabetes $2 Take 5"" mcg. a day of chromium picolinate makes insulin more
Khat should the diet beN %re diabetic pills to be lauded or bannedN Is insulin therapy as dramatic
as it was made out to beN Is mere control of blood sugar leel, a real solutionN
<esearch findings in conentional medicine put toward the limitations and side effects of
hypoglycemic agents, insulin therapy, zinc oerdose and also side effects of sweeteners. %
homeopath should know their side effects as he is confronted with people who are consumingthese agents. %rtificial sweeteners such as (accharin, %spartame, %cesulfame potassium,
(ucralose, and $eotame, Byclamate, 9ructose, (orbitol, 9ructofiber, and Biiocid are often used
and some of them are found to be carcinogenic.
ral hypoglycemic agents were clinically tried in %merica. They put *"; patients on placebo and
*"; patients on the pills for an eight-year period. +eart attacks were three times more freDuent in
the e!perimental group, than in those on placebos. It is said that increased ?(L leads to heart
attacks, but researchers found that the ery pills which control the sugar, cause heart attacks.
r. 'anu Hothari, one of the distinguished physicians of India, writes, OKe seem to know that
there is diabetes and there are anti-diabetic drugs. ?ut I think we are kidding= iabetes is a multi
faceted problem. :rotein metabolism is disturbed, fat metabolism is disturbed, sugar metabolism
is disturbed, arterial health is disturbed. %t the moment we hae only one parameter, glucose
leel. (o we gie a drug to bring the glucose to the doctors desired leel, not necessarily to the
patients comfort. %nd you call it curing diabetes, treating diabetes= Poure kiddingQ. r. 'anu
Hothari points out that' is not a specific disease pathology, but the innate program of an
indiidual that embraces protein, fat 8 carbohydrate metabolisms.%s a parallel eent, '
controls the course of a wide ariety of tissues, esppecially blood essels, either primarily and /or
as a conseDuence of the metabolic, ascular and nerous personality of an indiidual. 9or this
ery reason, its course and cure are unknown and shall remain so.
n this background, the success of homeopathy has to be measured in terms of maintaining
blood sugar leel, preention and management of complications C 'acroascular /
'icroascular / $europathic, and their conseDuences in multiple ital organs. The role of
Bonstitutional, Intercurrent and organ remedies and the importance of miasmatic assessment in
the clinical stages of complications should become mainstay of homeopathic management. Thehomeopathic approach towards each patient is essentially holistic and more so in '.
The following seen factors are implicated in the etio-pathogenesis of iabetes mellitus,
according to RThe %merican iabetes %ssociation % new etiologic classification system fordiabetes mellitus is listed below with corresponding prominent homeopathic remedies.
1. 8enetic de6ects o6 >:cell 6unction or in insulin action %eso&yri"onu'lei'um a'idum
3. "mmune:mediated diabetes The role of constitutional therapeutics and the remedies as
listed under no.1.
Factor 1
'ost genetic defects in insulin action inole the insulin receptor. The metabolic conseDuences
of these defects range from modest hyperglycemia to seere diabetes. %lthough the
constitutional remedy approach has to be underscored here, the use of intercurrent remedies must
be emphasized. iabetes has also been regarded as an autoimmune disease and the role
of %)A has been increasingly obsered in genetic and autoimmune disorders. :. <obbins who
did a wonderful proing of %)A suggests, OThis remedy would be good for genetic damage.Q?ladder C urination C urging to urinate C freDuent and scorbutic gums are reliable proing
symptoms of %)A. 9amily history of serious diseases and past history of multiple infections
0like ar'ino'inum are key indicators for selecting %)A. I recall a case of Auenile iabetes
with non-healing ulcer on the dorsum of the leg, where the best indicated remedies failed to act,
The $osodes, the multi-polychrests, assume a ery important place in clinical practice. % nosode
is a blend of the disease-potential and the host-responseJ hence, it represents the dynamic
potential of germ, host and their inter-action to become a powerful and comple! healing force to
meet the ineterate morbific conditions like '. The incidence of cancer is increasingly foundin the family tree and in order to deal with the cancer miasm, which is responsible for bringing
onto the fore a condition like diabetes, ar'ino'inum must be used. In a case of diabetic ulcer
with a history of cancer in the family, where the life and death issue was the prominent
one, rotalus horridus 1"', three hourly, during acute crisis, followed by ar'inosinum not
only saed the amputation of the feet but has kept the patient alie and healthy until now 0see
photographs. Kho can forget the inter-relation between tuberculosis and diabetesN % diabetic
person is prone to infections and more to tubercle bacilli. 9urther, the emaciation which a '
patient e!hibits is typically tubercular in nature as are also the many complications. +ence the
intercurrent use of Tu"er'ulinum helps a diabetic patient in many ways.
% case of carbuncle that was being partially helped by Tarentula 'u"ensis finally resoled under
the action of Tu"er'ulinum. y!hilinum, a representatie of syphilitic miasm, is a major remedy
that can be interpolated when a case manifests syphilitic miasmatic complications that carry a
patient towards destruction. I remember a case of a young pererted psychotic with homose!ual
and incendiary impulses, addicted to narcotics and diagnosed as a juenile diabetic, who
presented with fistula-in-ano, that yielded finally to y!hilinum, when 4luori' a'id did only lip
serice.
Insulin is reDuired in this group and no homoeopath should try to reduce it in an abrupt way.
+oweer, side effects of Insulin can be treated with homoeopathic remedies and Insulin in
potentized form can be used. %part from side effects like allergic reactions, thickening of skin,
weight gain, peripheral oedema, lipodystrophy at injection sites, and Ig and
Ig' antibodies against insulin 0I- Insulin antibodies of high leels lead to immune-mediated
Insulin resistance, new research suggests that Lantus, an artificial form of insulin, may increase
the risk of deeloping cancer.%notherstudy suggeststhatinsulin use increases the risk of colon
cancer. +ence,ar'ino'inum and 'irrhinum should assume a place in all diabetics who becomeinsulin dependent.+yperinsulinemia, a side effect of insulin, is known to cause ascular changes
and it is suspected that at least some of the ascular complications in diabetics could also be due
to insulin therapy. % point of note is that the long-term safety of Insulin analogues has not yet
been established and there is growing eidence of mitogenic effects.
• Bhronic pancreatitis 0<ef. % (elect +omoeopathic 'ateria 'edica :art III and
<epertory, unpublished
Factor %
Bounter regulatory hormones 0epinephrine, glucagons, cortisol and growth hormone antagonizethe action of insulin. iabetes and insulin resistance are associated with a number of endocrine
disorders of these hormones, like %cromegaly, Bushings syndrome, lucagonoma etc., largely
through their stated counter regulatory effects.
The author has no e!perience in treating a case of diabetes with this cause. ?ut a case can be
cited where a patient deeloped Bushings syndrome and aascular necrosis of the head of the
femur and diabetes due to prolonged systemic therapy with corticosteroids for (arcoidosis. +is
chronic constitutional remedy was fished out as -agnesium muriati'um and intercurrents
were Thyroidinum and ortisone, for antidoting the crude steroids. These three remedies helped
to tide oer the crisis though the drug-induced pathologies were irreersible.
Factor & ; Drug?Chemical induced
There are numerous drugs that are associated with either diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance.
They act either by decreasing insulin production and secretion, decreasing insulin sensitiity, or
altering the ability of insulin to regulate metabolism.
rug/chemical induced ' is a cause of concern today and many culprits hae been recognized
set, addicts of alcohol, tobacco, narcoticsJ absorbing aluminium, lead 0from cosmetics etc. and
other chemicalsQ.
Factor ' ; "n6ections
The host resistance to infection in diabetes and the influence of an acute infection upon theendocrinologic-metabolic status of the diabetic patient is an interesting study for a homeopath.
Infection tends to occur with greater freDuency and seerity in diabetic patients than in non-
diabetic. The occurrence of infection in a diabetic patient perpetuates a icious cycle, in which
infection results in uncontrolled hyperglycemia, which in turn causes further aggraation of
infections. The K+ has included diabetes in its classification of secondary immunodeficiency
diseases. The impairment of a wide range of functions in neutrophils and macrocytes
0'acrophages including chemota!is and adherence phagocytosis and intracellular killing of
microorganisms and also impairment in the moement of phagocytic cells are the factors that
e!plain the increased susceptibility to infection.
+omeopathically, it is the tubercular miasm which is chiefly responsible for host susceptibility in
diabetes. Let us take an e!ample of ili'ea, our surgeons knife.ili'eais born with a defectie
mesenchymal system i.e. with loose, poorly functioning connectie tissues. This affects the
system in many ways as connectie tissues play a ital role in metabolic, defensie and
hemopoietic functions. ili'ea is a Tuberculo-syphilitic remedy and is useful in many
neuropathic and dermatological complications of diabetes. Ke hae found it, as a ery useful
remedy in Auenile diabetics who deelop recurrent infections, are malnourished and dont put
on weight.
Parotidinum can be thought of when diabetes has deeloped after mumps. r. :. I. Tarkas
mentions -edorrhinum for the same. :eople with diabetes, and those who use medications such
as steroids, are at higher risk for inasie disease from group % streptococcal infections.I often
make use of tre!to'o''inum in such cases. I would like to mention a case of urinary tract
infection due to group ? streptococcus in a pregnant lady, with gestational diabetes, who
responded to Pyrogenium 1', gien si! hourly for 5 days. Tu"er'ulinum has been my sheet
anchor in boosting the immunity against pyogenic infections.
The purpose of the aboe selection of rubrics is to deelop the totality of symptoms comprising
mental generals 0causatie emotional modality, physical generals, physical particulars and
pathological generals. The rubric emaciation is taken, as it is a complication of diabetesJ obesity
is taken, as it is the major cause of diabetes. There is no rubric like degeneration or sclerosis as a
general one. +ence, arteriosclerosis was selected, as it is one of the major complications of 'that can affect many different organ systems, including the heart, lungs, brain, intestines,
kidneys, and limbs.
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If we analyze the filter of forty leading remedies, twenty remedies are from the mineral kingdom,
si!teen remedies are from the egetable kingdom, and of animal remedies there are are three, andonly one nosode, -edorrhinum. It is generally obsered that mineral remedies are more often
employed in diabetes. :lant remedies hae their operational alue due to the psychosomatic
reflections in diabetes. f course, there should be no rigid compartmentalization in selection of
remedies on the concept of kingdoms.
!pplying 8roup +emedies to Diabetics
A'ids, Arseni'ums, 4errums, Phos!hates, ul!hates, -er's, Kalis, ar"ons are the freDuently
indicated groups with their deriaties. 9inal choice of the remedies should be based on
cationV.anion bonding and the characteristics both ions represent. (ymptoms of ' and thoseof the %cid group of remedies are strikingly similar iz. debility, profuse urination, increased
appetite, emaciation, delayed wound healing, hemorrhages, tendency to ulceration
etc. Phos!hori' a'id, 5a'ti' a'id, ul!huri' a'id, Pi'ri' a'id, &ali' a'id and ar"oli' a'id. are
the chief remedies for '. Phos3a'.accentuates on debility and numb stateJ 5a'3a'. on
rheumatic and gastric symptoms as concomitantsJ ul3a'. on alcoholics, slow healing ulcerations,
debility and gastric symptomsJ Pi'3a'. on muscular debility and neurastheniaJ ar"3a'. on senile
complications, putrescence and un-repairing states. Let us deal with ar"ons.ar"ons are in a
twilight zone, between life and death due to decay and decompositionJ they are in life but riding
slowly towards death. They represent adanced pathologies like, ulcerations, gangrene, shock,
hypo!ic states of ital organs that alter the structure and function and make the systemdeitalized. Barbons are more indicated for ascular and neurological complications of '.
?ased on the concept of loe, I would like to emphasize the role of )atrum, A'id, Kali,
-agnesium and 5a' groups of remedies. )atrums are deastated by disappointment in
loe, A'ids cant loe as their mind set is much more materialistic, more inoled with conflicts
and aggressionJ Kalis get disturbed by their intimate bonds and also broken attachments
while -agnesiums feel orphaned due to depriation of loe. 5a'ssustain the feeling of being
abandoned and being inferior. %ll these groups with their radicals suffer heaily from metabolic
disturbances. If we study Phos!hori' a'id , an I': remedy for diabetes, we find the theme of
loe being lost. isappointment in loe, profound grief and chagrin, make Phos3
a'id emotionally numb and blunted. +e becomes seerely apathetic and indifferent and cant
reciprocate loeJ as if no sweetness is leftJ as if loe has stagnated in the body and has remained
unusedJ also debility and self-depreciation seerely affect the concept of self-loe in Phos3
a'id . The resulting negatie, unloing thoughts and feelings feed both the subconscious and the
conscious mind and a icious cycle is set up. %cid in Phos a'. plays its role as to its destructie
and degenerating pathologies.
I must say few words about ul!hur . Insulin contains a large Duantity of sulphur 0@.@1#, all of
which is found in the form of cystine, which constitutes 1*# of the total hormone weight.
Insufficient sulphur may result in decreased insulin production. It is also possible that a lack of
bio-aailable sulphur would make the cells so rigid and impermeable that they become unable to
absorb sugar from the blood efficiently, leaing blood sugar leels eleated. I regard ul!hur as
a basic remedy for diabetes. I use it as an intercurrent remedy in warm blooded diabetics, though
its alue as a chronic deep acting multi-miasmatic constitutional remedy is doubtless.
!pplying remedies to complicationsI would like the readers to note two research inferences C
1. &!perimental studies show that not all animals with drug induced hyperglycemia and insulin
deficiency demonstrate renal glomerulosclerosis.
*. % ariety of enironmental factors can adersely affect the diabetic milieu and thus enhance
the susceptibility to chronic complications in a subject with genetic predisposition.
The former inference alidates the point that not all is well een if blood sugar is controlled
strictly and the latter alidates the miasmatic theory of homeopathy. It is necessary to
study $icolas 9. Kiernspergers report O%nimal and human studies reported defects in small
essel constrictor reactiity in diabetes but also eidence for disturbances already present in
nondiabetic, insulin resistant statesQ.
Blinico-pathological and miasmatic co-relations are essential for managing the complications of
'. :athology is the accentuated and concentric energy of the disease that gets reflected at the
tissue leel. The mirrored reflection of pathology in our remedies chiefly comes from
to!icological and clinical confirmation data. The complications in ' are chiefly due to
tubercular and syphilitic miasms.
Diabetic neuropathy
:eripheral neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes and may appear as the first
manifestation of the disease. It is likely to occur in een the mildest cases of diabetes.
%nti-syphilitic remedies are noted here. Aurums, -er's, 6in'ums, Phos!hates, Kalis,
-agnesiums, u!rums, trontiums, Plum"ums et'. Ashwagandha mother tincture can be tried in
neuropathy. % case of diabetic neuropathy where the patient was unable to sleep due to pain,
tingling and numbness of legs was helped by 6in'um sul!h. ne more case where burning of
soles was the prominent symptom, got benefit from -edorrhinum.
Diabetic nephropathy
iabetes mellitus is an important cause of end-stage renal failure 0&(<9. %lthough classic
diabetic nephropathy accounts for the majority of patients reaching &(<9, renoascular disease,
which is freDuent in such patients, plays an increasingly important role. The use of heay metals,
phosphates, aurums, coppers, and kalis are to be used more. I remember a case of diabetic
nephropathy where a patient deeloped uremia, scanty urination, omiting, delirium and
conulsions. +e was hospitalized and many diuretics were gien. ?ut seeing no progress,
dialysis was recommended. It was at this stage that homeopathys help was sought for. I prescribed u!rum arseni' L'1 daily three doses and he responded Duickly. +e was restored to
consciousness, started passing urine and at least for few months, dialysis was not needed.
iabetic retinopathy is the result of microascular retinal changes. +yperglycemia-induced
intramural pericyte death and thickening of the basement membrane lead to incompetence of the
ascular walls. These damages change the formation of the blood-retinal barrier and also make
the retinal blood essels become more permeable. I had a case of :roliferatie diabeticretinopathy 0where blood essels grow and there is lack of o!ygen in the retina. I took hypo!ia
as an indication and decided to select a ar"onremedy. I found a good pathological
correspondence under )a!hthalinum. ?oericke mentions, R'arked affinity for the eye. It
produces detachment of the retinaJ papillo-retinal infiltrationJ deposits in patches upon the retinaJ
amblyopia and consecutie amaurosisJ sparkling synchisisJ soft cataract. &!udation in the retina,
choroid and ciliary body. I put her on )a!h. L'1 daily for oer * months and it yielded partial
but definite improement.
"mpotency
It is estimated that about @;-3;# of men with diabetes will e!perience at least some degree
of erectile dysfunction during their lifetime. 'en with diabetes tend to deelop erectile
dysfunction 1" to 1; years earlier than men without diabetes. %s men with diabetes age, erectile
dysfunction becomes een more common.
The freDuently indicated remedies are aladium, 5y'o!odium, elenium, Phos!hori'
a'id and o'a. I helped one patient of diabetes with o'a when 5y'o!odium helped only
partially. The indications of o'a in this case were Rcold, Wgone, Rrela!ed feeling about the
genitals and a sensation as if the penis were absent. %llen mentions in RHey $otes and
Bharacteristics with Bomparisons, R9or persons who are wearing out under the physical and
mental strain of a busy lifeJ who suffer from e!hausted neres and brain. I often use this when
there is a combination of melancholy, hypochondriasis, alcoholism, brain fag, stress of busy life,
impotency and diabetes.
/ome use6ul research 6indings
• (edentary lifestyle increases leels of glucose in bloodJ een if one may not be diabetic.
• Bare of gums helps control diabetes.• Lack of ,or too much sleep, raises diabetes risk.
• ?reastfeeding reduces mothers diabetes risk.
• The mothers stress triggers diabetes in kids.
• <educed waistline lowers diabetes and heart risk.
• iabetes 8 obesity are associated with TE iewing.