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ver the last few decades, the incidence of diabetes mellitus
(DM) has increaseddrastically. Thishas resulted in the riseof
morbidity andmortality. Treatment of complications arising due
toDMisabigchallenge.Inthisregard,theroleofcomplementary
andalternativemedicine is pertinent tomention. This is because
of less complication, lesser cost, easy availability and better
patient compliance while using these herbal products. Our
quest for treating the DM complications with complementary
and alternative medicine showed promising results. Over the
last decade, we created experimental animal model of DM
and treated it with herbal extracts such as
Piper sarmentosum,
Piper betle and Momordica charantia
. The oxidative damage to
the tissues was seen to be less once the experimental animals
were treatedwith such herbal products. Epithelial wounds even
healed faster, and integrity of the epithelium was restored to
normal. The biochemical tests such as wound contraction rate
and total protein content also proved that these herbal extracts
acted as excellent antioxidants. Based on our research findings,
it could be concluded that herbal extracts have a greater role to
play in the treatment of DM and its complications.
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:das_srijit23@rediffmail.comThe effective role of complementary and alternative medicine in treating diabetes mellitus
Srijit Das
The National University of Malaysia, Malaysia