2019-06-17

YOGA & NATUROPATHY FOR DIABETES

Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose or blood sugar levels are too high. Glucose comes from the foods you eat. Insulin is a hormone that helps the glucose gets into your cells to give them energy. In type 1 diabetes, your body (pancreas) does not make insulin. In type 2 diabetes, the more common type, your body does not make or use insulin well. Without enough insulin, the glucose stays in your blood. Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause various problems. It can damage your eyes, kidneys and nerves. Diabetes can also cause heart disease, stroke and even the need to remove a limb. Pregnant women can also get diabetes, called gestational diabetes.

Treatment: Diabetes can be caused by many reasons. Treatment need to address the root cause of the problem for better result. Conventional treatment focus on maintaining the blood glucose level by giving insulin but it has no permanent cure. One can cure diabetes by following yogic lifestyle and taking naturopathy treatment. There are many studies that prove the effectiveness of yoga and naturopathy in diabetes. Here are some treatments which can be effective to cure diabetes. 

Satkarma: Kunjal after clearing motion (or after taking enema) daily. Do Ardha Shankprakshlana along with Nauli daily. Do vastra dahuti and Purna-shankhprakshlana once in a month. Do Kunjal Kriya once in a week. 

Asanas: Surya Namaskara, Tadasana, Katichakrasana, Parvatasana, Mandukasana, Kumrasana, Bhujangasana, Shalabhasana, Dhanurasana, Paschimotasana, Chakrasana, Sarvangasana, Halasana, Matsyasana, Mayurasana, Ardha Matsyendrasana, Uttanpadasana, Pawanmuktasana,  Naukasana, Bhunamanasana, Savasana etc.

Pranayama: Bhastrika, Kapalbhati, Uddiyan Bandha, Bahiya Pranayama, Agnishar Kriya, Suryabhedi, Anulan vilom (Alternate breathing), Bhramari Pranayama.

Meditation: Contemplation Meditation with autosuggestion of healing.

Naturopathy: While treating diabetes it should be kept in mind that the patient is made to do adequate physical labor; his diet is controlled; he is kept free from stress, his digestive system is tackled to work properly and diabetic complications are also controlled. The diseases i.e. retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy etc are common complications of diabetes. Lemon water and coconut water are very good for diabetic people. Wheat grass juice also helps in great deal.  Here are some useful sources of natural insulin; you can take one of among them alternately.
•    Eat blackberry (Jamun) in its season or in other seasons take blackberry seed powder in the evening. 
•    Take 15gm of bitter gourd (Karela) juice with 100gm of water daily for thrice a day. 
•    Soak 1 teaspoon full of methi seeds overnight, eat the seeds in the morning and drink the water.
•    Eat 5-10 leaves of bel/ sadabahar/jamun/ margosa leaves daily. 

Take sun bath on bare body. Drink water processed in orange colored bottle in sun rays after meal. Take mud pack/ hot & cold fomentation for 10-20min on abdomen and take enema followed by hip bath for 20 minutes. Walk daily for 4-5 km in the morning/evening with deep breathing.    

Foods beneficial in diabetes: soybean, cucumber, garlic, lauki, bitter guard, spinach, bethu, fenugreek, amala, jamun, bel, moong soup, jau, ragi (kodo), maiz, chana, bitter vegetables prepared in mustard oil, til, parval, dates, water melon.

Food to avoid by diabetic: All the sweet products, vanaspati ghee, too sweet fruits, fine flour (Maida) and its product, preserved and packed food products, smoking, chewing of jarda and gutkha. Consumption of alcohol is completely prohibited for diabetic patients.

Sample diet plan for a diabetic patient:
Morning (6-7 am): A cup of bitter guard juice or sprouted methi or one teaspoon of its powder or Jamun power or neem powder.
Breakfast (9-10 am): Skimmed milk or Amritahar-sprouted grain, gram, moong, methi etc. + amala or fruit seasonal.
Lunch (12-2pm): Rice, Roti (mixed with wheat (75%) 15%, soybean 9% and methi 1%) plenty of vegetables, salads, moong dal and curd. 
Evening (4-5pm): Vegetable soup or one glass of milk
Dinner (6-7pm): As in lunch but use of curd is not advisable in night.

 

BY YOGAGURU DR MOHAN KARKI, FOUNDER- THE YOGAGURU INSTITUT