Contents:
- Medical Video: How do Diabetes Medications Work in the Body?
- Are there herbal medicines that can cure diabetes?
- What makes diabetes medicine not be the main medicine?
- 1. Herbal diabetes medications only treat symptoms or complications, not the main cause
- 2. Herbal diabetes drugs have not confirmed the side effects
- 3. Herbal diabetic drugs can inhibit the work of modern medicine from doctors
- Taking diabetes herbs is okay, as long as ...
- Consult a doctor
- Check the ingredients of the diabetes herbal composition you bought
- Make sure the distribution permit
Medical Video: How do Diabetes Medications Work in the Body?
For some people, herbal medicine can be used as an option to overcome the disease, including chronic diseases such as diabetes. At present there are already many herbal medicines that are claimed to be effective against diabetes. However, is the claim true or is it just advertising? Is diabetes herbal medicine safe to use medically and effective against diabetes, like many people's beliefs? Remember, to treat diseases you cannot be arbitrary. Therefore, find out all the answers in the following explanation.
Are there herbal medicines that can cure diabetes?
Herbal medicines are believed to be alternative medicines and are considered safe because they are made from natural ingredients. He said, herbal diabetes drugs can make your blood sugar stable or even recover from this chronic disease.
Even though actually, diabetes cannot be cured completelyeven with herbal medicines that are said to be great though. Yes, the thing you can do is keep your blood sugar levels normal so that diabetes does not cause other health problems.
Therefore, the doctor will give you medicines that are proven to be able to keep blood sugar levels normal. Drugs from doctors have been clinically tested - meaning that results have been proven in humans directly - related to their abilities and side effects. So, modern medicines from doctors are safer to use in the treatment of diabetes.
In addition, diabetes herbal medicine is different from modern medicine. What's the main difference? Look, available herbal medicines are made from various plant or animal extracts. Because it is extracted from natural ingredients, the content of herbal medicines can only help keep diabetic patients maintain a healthy body in general. While modern medicines are formulated with special formulas that are specifically able to overcome the disruption of certain body organs.
What makes diabetes medicine not be the main medicine?
1. Herbal diabetes medications only treat symptoms or complications, not the main cause
To overcome diabetes, first know how this disease affects your body's function. Diabetes occurs when the hormone insulin which is responsible for breaking down glucose (sugar) in the body becomes a damaged source of energy, lacking or not produced at all by the digestive organs, the pancreas. As a result, the sugar that is not broken down will be stored in the blood until the levels rise too high.
Well, as explained above, no herbal medicine has been able to deal with specific organ function disorders. The herbal medicine content may indeed be good for supporting the function of digestive organs in general. Unfortunately, so far there are no herbal medicines that can improve the work of the pancreas in producing insulin. As long as your insulin is still in trouble and the content of the drug you are consuming is not able to improve insulin work, your blood sugar levels will still be difficult to control.
So if you only depend on herbal diabetes medicine, the main cause of this disease, namely the pancreas and insulin disorders has not been resolved. Unlike modern diabetes drugs that can even extract pure insulin from the pancreas for treatment.
Medicines for diabetes are generally better consumed only to treat the symptoms of diabetes or its complications. For example, the content of diabetes herbal medicines can improve the immune system. This is certainly good for diabetic patients who are more susceptible to bacterial infections and nervous disorders.
Therefore, herbal medicines should only be used as supporting care to supplement modern medicine from doctors. You are not advised to treat diabetes only with herbal treatments.
2. Herbal diabetes drugs have not confirmed the side effects
Not only has it not been proven effective, herbal medicines sometimes have their own side effects for your body. Until now, herbal medicine has only become a side drug because the content of these drugs has not been studied and tested about side effects and their effectiveness in the body. This makes herbal medicines a risk to your health.
3. Herbal diabetic drugs can inhibit the work of modern medicine from doctors
Herbal medicines can also have special interactions with doctor medicines. Some studies state that various herbal medicines can inhibit the action of insulin. On the other hand, there are also herbal remedies that actually "support" the work of the doctor's medication, so that it makes blood sugar decrease until hypoglycemia or blood sugar is too low.
To find out whether herbal medicine has a bad interaction with a doctor's medicine, there must be further research and this requires a long time to get accurate results.
Taking diabetes herbs is okay, as long as ...
You have to make sure that the herbal medicine you are about to consume is safe. Here are some conditions for choosing herbal medicines.
Consult a doctor
Whatever herbal medicine you will consume, you should consult a doctor. That way, the doctor will know and see if the herbal medicine is safe for you to consume. Never try herbal remedies without your doctor's knowledge.
Check the ingredients of the diabetes herbal composition you bought
This is the most important thing you have to do. Know what ingredients are contained in it. Even if necessary, look for various studies or research related to these materials. can it really reduce blood sugar or not. You can also consult with your doctor in this matter.
Make sure the distribution permit
Now, you can immediately check whether a drug has a marketing permit or not. Make sure that the diabetes herbal medicine you are about to buy has a marketing permit that is printed on the official BPOM website.
If the drug does not have marketing authorization, its safety has not been tested and you should not choose it as your 'side' medicine.
