GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE: A REMEDY FOR DIABETES
GYMNEMA
SYLVESTRE
BOTANICAL NAME: Gymnema sylvestre R. Br.
FAMILY: Asclepiadaceae
COMMON NAMES: English:Cowplant,
Small Indain Ipecacuanha, Gurmar ; Hindi: Gurmar; Malayalam: Chakkarakolli;
Tamil: Cirukurinca.
DESCRIPTION: A large, more or less pubescent climbing shrub;
young stems and branches terete,
pubescent. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 2.5 -6 cm long, elliptical or ovate, acute or
shortly acuminate, cuneate rounded or cordate at the base. Flowers yellow, in
umbellate cymes.
DISTRIBUTION: Found in deciduous forest of sub-Himalayan
regions, central and southern India.
PART USED: Leaves
HOMOEOPATHIC
USES
DIABETES: Profuse urination loaded with sugar. After
passage of urine patient exclaims, ‘ this passage of urine in large quantities
has made me very weak’. Urine white, specific gravity high, and copious. Great thirst. Great weakness. Burning all over the body.
Diabetic carbuncle. Weakness of sexual power and erectile dysfunction.
POTENCY: MOTHER TINCTURE,
3X, 6
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