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Insulin Plant (Costus Ingneus)
Costus igneus a medicinal plant is a Magic Cure for Diabetes. Its leaves helps to build up insulin in the human body
so it is commonly known as insulin plant in India This plant was grown in America and is becoming popular in India
because of its medicinal chemicals. It is now accepted and used widely
as an Ayurvedic medicinal herb. Costus igneus belongs to the family Costaceae. Consumption of the leaves are believed to lower
blood glucose levels, and diabetics who consumed the leaves of this plant did report a fall in their blood glucose
levels.
Costus igneus plant
leaves
Costus igneus plant flowers
Insulin Plant
Insulin plant (Costus ingneus) is a relatively new entrant to Kerala and
India. The plant is characterized by large fleshy looking leaves. The undersides of these
large, smooth, dark green leaves have light purple shade. The leaves are
spirally arranged around the stem, forming attractive, arching clumps
arising from underground rootstocks.
The maximum height of these plants is about two feet. The flowers are orange in color and are beautiful,
1.5-inch diameter. Flowering occurs during the warm months. And they
appear to be cone-like heads at the tips of branches. Costus ingneus
plant grows very quickly. Propagation
of Costus ingneus plant is by stem cutting.
Medicinal use
In Ayurvedic treatment diabetes patients are advised to chew down
the Insulin plants leaves for a month. The patient has to take two leaves per day in the morning and evening
for one week. The leaves must be chewed well before swallowing.
After one week the patient should take one leaf each in the morning and evening. This dosage should be continued for 30 days.
Allopathic doctors too recommend it and it is found to be effective in bringing blood sugar levels under completely
under control. There is also dried and ground powder of the leaves now
available in the market.
Research
According to International Journal of Ayurveda Research a new
study on Insulin plant (Costus ingneus)
was pblished recently. The leaves of insulin plant (Costus igeus) reduced the fasting and
postprandial blood sugar levels, bringing them down towards normal, in
dexamethasone-induced hyperglycemia in rats. Reduction in the fasting
and the postprandial blood sugar levels with leaves of insulin plant was
comparable with that obtained with Glibenclamide 500 µg/kg at 250 mg/kg/day and 500 mg/kg/day of powdered leaves of the insulin plant
(Costus igeus).
Insulin Plant
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