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Ginseng decreases blood glucose
Scientists have discovered an exciting new potential treatment of diabetes. They found that the popular herb ginseng lowers blood glucose levels, when used in conjunction with meals.
Although there is no medical evidence on their therapeutic efficacy, the use of herbs in medicine increased considerably.
Ginseng, one of the most popular herbs, over time, has come to be considered useful for controlling blood glucose in diabetic patients.
To test this hypothesis, researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, studied the effects of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in type 2 diabetics and non diabetics.
The study was conducted by Dr. Vladimir Vuksan, and the results were published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
We studied 10 adult patients and 9 non-diabetic adult patients with type 2 diabetes. Each participant received one dose of 3 g ginseng 40 minutes before a test with 25 g of glucose orally, repeating the dose during the ingestion of glucose.
On other occasions, participants were given a placebo prior to and during glucose ingestion. After glucose ingestion, blood glucose was measured every 15 to 30 minutes, until the required two hours. Read the rest of this entry »