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A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF NIMBA CHURNA AND KARVELLAKA CHURNA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MADHUMEHA (DIABETES MELLITUS)

*Dr. Priya Singh, Dr. P. Sai Sudhakar and Dr. T. Bullaiah

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Introduction: Diabetes is a major health issue that has reached a burden on the heath system. It is essential to find the solution of diabetes by using the Ayurveda modalities. The selected drugs Nimba Churna and the Karvellaka Churna aim to have the potential action that pacify the kapha-pitta dosha in the body and can be used for the long-term period. Methods: This study was an open labelled, Interventional type, Randomized controlled, comparative study. Patients having the fasting blood glucose level between 110-200 mg/dl and post-prandial blood glucose level 140-250 mg/dl, HbA1c 6.0%- 9.0% were randomly divided into the two groups as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria, with each group having 30 individuals. Patients were assessed at 15th, 30th and 45th day until the completion of the trial. Subjective as well as objective criteria were applied for the both the groups. Result: Both the groups showed statistically highly significant improvement in the subjective as well as the objective parameters. Conclusions: Nimba churna has shown better results than the Karavellaka churna.

Keywords: Madhumeha, diabetes, Ayurveda, Nimba Churna, Karavellaka Churna.