Abstract

HERBAL TREATMENT OF MICROVASCULAR AND MACROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES: A REVIEW

Garima Dhingra*, Sonia Tanwar, Kartik Tanwar, Saloni Goyal and Varunesh Chaturvedi

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Abstract

Herbal drugs, plant medicine, and agricultural medicine are all synonyms for the use of plants as medicine. In comparison to conventional medicine, the medicative use of herbal drugs in the treatment of various diseases such as hyperglycemia has an ancient legacy. Hyperglycemia is one of the major global health interests. Hyperglycemia, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a prevalent matter of public health that is still difficult to manage. Uncontrolled diabetes or sustained hyperglycemia has the potential to cause severe health problems such as renal failure, loss of sight, heart disease, and lowerlimb deformities, all of which make a significant contribution to diabetes incidence and death. Herbal drugs are one of the treatment options to manage and prevent diabetes along with its associated complications. Nevertheless, the choice of herbs may be influenced by a number of aspects, including the level of diabetes development, the types of comorbid conditions that the patients have, accessibility, price, and the clinical efficacy of the herbs. This study concentrates on the naturally - derived therapies that play a role in the management of this distressing disorder – diabetes, together with their biological causes for blood glucose reducing properties and herbal supplements that have already been introduced into the market for therapeutic intervention of diabetes.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Herbal medicines, Microvascular, Macrovascular, Cardiovascular diseases, Retinopathy, Neuropathy.