Goverdhanam Vani, Dr. J.S.R.A. Prasad

By Goverdhanam Vani, Dr. J.S.R.A. Prasad - Apr 24, 2014

Diabetes mellitus is one of the commonest endocrine disorders affecting the entire biological system. Its incidence is increasing throughout the world due to changes in lifestyle and an increase of sedentary habits. Hence, lifestyle modifications are important in diabetes in controlling the blood-sugar level as well as preventing complications from this disease. Āyurveda, the ancient Indian medical system, gives a lot of importance to these issues which can be alleviated throughandA lifestyle module has been developed in this study by compiling the scattered information onandfor madhumeha, an entity described in Āyurveda which resembles diabetes mellitus. This module was applied to 30 newly diagnosed diabetes patients for two months. The blood-sugar levels showed improvement at the end of the study.