Bay leaf for type 2 diabetes mellitus: decoction recipe, reviews

Diabetes is an insidious disease, in severe cases and if untreated, it often leads to disability. With a prolonged course of diabetes, a person often develops many chronic and very serious diseases, which slowly but surely nullify his life path. The patient who has been diagnosed with this disease must change his lifestyle to combat the disease. Diabetes is endocrine in nature. It occurs when a patient’s carbohydrate metabolism is disturbed and the body loses the ability to draw energy for its life from food.

WHO keeps accurate statistics on the rise in the incidence of diabetes. Compared to 1980, the number of patients in the world has quadrupled. The consequences of the spread of the disease affect not only the health care of countries, but also their economies. The direct costs of fighting the disease worldwide have already reached $ 1 trillion annually.

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Disease types

There are two types of diabetes – the first and the second. These varieties are very different from each other, have different causes of occurrence and different age groups of people susceptible to the disease. Type 1 diabetes is also called juvenile diabetes, since it mainly affects children, adolescents and young people under 25 years of age. The reasons that cause persistent excess of the permissible blood sugar level lie in genetics, ecology, low immunity. The causes of type 2 diabetes, doctors include a genetic predisposition, an unhealthy lifestyle, which is often characterized by an improper diet and lack of activity, as well as being overweight. There is also gestational diabetes, which sometimes occurs in women during pregnancy. It spontaneously resolves as a result of childbirth, but often leads to a “full” disease in the subsequent period of life. Children born to such mothers are more susceptible to diabetic disease than their peers.

Juvenile diabetes (in comparison with the second type) affects only about 5% of the total number of carriers of the disease. This is due to more serious and human-independent reasons for its occurrence. The remaining 95% are type 2 diabetics, people who are sedentary, over-consuming carbohydrate foods and stressed.

Bay leaves in the fight against type 2 diabetes

In the fight against a disease, one of the reasons for which is an “unhealthy” lifestyle, all means are good, especially if there are no contraindications. When it comes to diabetes, then laurel is such a remedy. Bay leaf is a spice that is present in the kitchen of any self-respecting housewife. Dried leaves are used as a spice in cooking by many nations of the world. It is important to use it correctly: in the first courses, laurel is put five minutes before the end of cooking, in the second – ten minutes. After cooking, the leaves should be removed from the dish to avoid unwanted bitterness. What is there in a bay leaf? What substances make it possible to talk about bay leaves as a means to fight diabetes? So, bay leaf is rich in many trace elements, several types of bitterness, phytoncides, tannins, essential oils (4.5%). These include fellandrene, pinene, geraniol, eugenol, cineole, etc. Such an abundance of nutrients allows it to be used for medical purposes, and especially to combat type 2 diabetes. According to doctors, laurel has a beneficial effect on the entire body. This is manifested in the following:

• Metabolic processes are activated;
• The process of assimilation of carbohydrates from consumed food slows down;
• The level of glucose in the blood decreases;
• Decreases the deposition of salts, which promotes joint mobility;
• The work of the pancreas improves;
• Vessels are cleaned;
• Immunity is strengthened.

A complete cure for any type of diabetes is impossible. But it is completely in the power of the sick to slow down and weaken its course and protect oneself from serious consequences, its severe complications, which can disrupt the work of the nervous, cardiovascular systems, musculoskeletal system, and also lead to diseases of the eyes, mouth, kidneys. The main thing is not to give up and believe in success.

Galenic drugs from laurel for diabetes. Home cooking recipes

Galenic preparations in medicine are called extracts from plant materials, which are used to treat various diseases. Most often these are tinctures and decoctions from various medicinal plants. Such bay leaf preparations help lower blood sugar levels. This is confirmed by diabetics, who, in addition to medications, use bay leaves to increase glucose tolerance. You can prepare such a remedy at home. There are several effective recipes here at once.

• Tincture. Place ten laurel leaves in an enamel or glass dish, pour 600 ml of boiling water, leave for three to four hours. You need to drink the broth three times a day, half an hour before meals, half a glass; 
• Broth. Fill 15 pieces of bay leaves with 300 ml of cold water, heat to a boil, boil for 5 minutes. Then pour it into a thermos, leave for 3-4 hours. Drink during the day in small portions. Such a course is designed for three days, then you should take a two-week break, and then repeat it again; 
• Decoction with the addition of cinnamon. 5 bay leaves, together with 1 cinnamon stick, pour 1 liter of water, bring to a boil and boil for 15 minutes. Drink the cooled broth in a glass for three days. This remedy also contributes to the fight against excess weight. 

Such bay leaf tinctures and decoctions are good immunomodulators, which greatly contributes to a good result in the fight against type 2 diabetes. Positive reviews about the use of bay leaves to combat diabetic disease come not only from carriers of the disease. Endocrinologists are also talking about this, offering ways to alleviate the symptoms of the disease to their diabetic patients. According to the attending physicians, it is advisable to at least periodically use the given recipes based on bay leaves for type 2 diabetes, of course, in the absence of contraindications. At the same time, you cannot refuse drug treatment, and you need to continue to follow the correct diet, lead a healthy and active lifestyle. All this will significantly improve the condition of the patient with diabetes. Also, based on the feedback from diabetics, useful infusions and decoctions from bay leaves can help not only reduce sugar levels, but also reduce sweating, improve complexion and raise mood.

Who is harmful to bay leaf, contraindications

Like any medicine – folk or medication, infusions and decoctions from bay leaves have their own contraindications:

• Exacerbation of heart disease;
• Exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases;
• Type 1 diabetes;
• Incoagulability or poor blood clotting;
• Pregnancy and lactation.

In conclusion, it should be noted that when taking a course of using infusions and decoctions, it is very important to regularly monitor blood sugar levels. With a noticeable decrease, it is worth reducing the dosage and contacting a doctor who can correct the treatment of diabetes with bay leaves.