udumbara :

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It is common practice for clinicians to prescribe drugs such oral hypoglycemic agents and or insulin to achieve glycemic control. Many patients are using alternative therapies including dietary supplements or complementary and alternative medicine treatment. However, the safety and efficacy of alternative therapies in general and of medicinal plants in particular must be evaluated by rigorous clinical investigations to confirm and advocate the excellence over the conventional therapies. Medicinal herbs with antihyperglycemic activities are increasingly sought by diabetic subjects and health care professionals and the market for herbal medicines is expanding globally, it is being simultaneously counterbalanced by inadequate regulation

Antidiabetic potential of various parts of F. racemosa has been studied in diabetic rats/rabbits. The antidiabetic potential of the stem bark is reported by several workers. Aqueous and ethanol extracts of the stem bark have exhibited long term antihyperglycemic effect in alloxaninduced diabetic rats. Similarly, methanol extracts of the stem bark has shown significant hypoglycemic effect in both normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats, comparable to that of glibenclamide, a standard antidiabetic drug . In addition to reducing blood glucose, ethanol extracts were effective in lowering serum lipids and lipoproteins to near normal levels . Feeding of ethanol root extract caused a significant decrease in blood glucose in alloxan induced diabetic rats . A study on diabetic rabbits reports significant hypoglycemic effect of a compound recipe of medicinal plants containing F. racemosa

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The bark of audumbar (oudumbar) tree is said to have healing power. In countries like India, the bark is rubbed on a stone with water to make a paste, which can be applied over afflicted by boils or mosquito bites. Allow the paste to dry on the skin and reapply after a few hours. For people whose skin is especially sensitive to insect bites, this is a very simple home remedy

Kotakkal Ayurveda - Mother land of modern ayurveda

udumbara - Ficus racemosa Linn. Ficus glomerata - Moraceae

udumbara :

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Medicinal Plants