Research Paper
WITHANIA COAGULANS – AN OVERVIEW WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DIABETES MELLITUS
Author: DR AMIT VAIBHAV*,, DR O. P. SINGH**, AND DR S.K. TIWARI***
*Ph.D Scholar , Department of Kayachikitsa [I.M.S.] B.H.U. Varanasi (U.P.) India. (Editorial Board Member)
**Reader, Department of Kayachikitsa [I.M.S.] B.H.U. Varanasi (U.P.) India.
***Professor, Department of Kayachikitsa [I.M.S.] B.H.U. Varanasi (U.P.) India.
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Abstract
Diabetes is a chronic disease which affects all groups of people of different sections of the society. Modern, hectic lifestyle is contributing to increasing number of diabetics, some even in the age group of 30 to 40 years. The reasons are many and include increased tension, faulty eating habits with increasing dependence of junk foods. Smoking and increased use of tobacco, pollution, hereditary causes, can be inducted as the other factors which are increasing the incidence of diabetes in the young. Oral hypoglycemic agents like sulphonylureas and biguanides are still the major players in the management of the disease but there is growing interest in herbal remedies due to the side effects associated with the oral hypoglycemic agents.. One such herb which has been studied is Withania coagulans (Doda Paneer) which has been found to have profound hypoglycemic activity. Withania coagulans (Doda Paneer) has been used since time immemorial in Indian Ayurvedic medicines. The details of this plants morphology, medicinal property and its role in the management of diabetes mellitus are compiled here and discussed in this review.
Key words:
Diabetes, hypoglycemic agents, herbal medicines, Withania coagulans, Doda Paneer
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