Herbal Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, the Anti Diabetes Functional Remedy

By  Kyle J. Norton

Scientists may have found a medicinal plant for the treatment of diabetes with no side effects, according to the studies.

Diabetes is a medical and chronic condition characterized by insufficient insulin entering the bloodstream to regulate the glucose.

In other words, diabetes is a result of abnormally and chronically high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Insulin resistance is a hallmark of diabetes. The disease is either caused by cells in pancreas died off or receptor sites clogged up by fat and cholesterol.

Insulin receptors are areas on the outer part of a cell that allow the cell to bind with insulin in the blood. When the receptors are clogged up, the cell can not take glucose (sugar) from the blood and use it for energy.

Researchers do not know what causes insulin resistance in diabetic patients. However, researchers do know that long-term intake of a poor diet with high saturated and trans fat, red meat and processed food is one of many risk factors associated with clogged up the insulin receptors sites, leading to high blood glucose.

Dr. David Hefner in the concern of the Western diet linked to type 2 diabetes, wrote, "The researchers surveyed 42,000 men over a 12-year period. The men's eating habits were divided into two groups: those who followed a Western diet and those who followed a "prudent" diet with fruit, vegetables, whole grain, fish and poultry. "Over the course of the study ... 1,321 new cases of Type 2 diabetes were diagnosed".

These results clearly suggested that by changing to a healthy diet pattern with high fruits and vegetables and reducing the intake of saturated and trans fat, red meat and processed food, diabetes is preventable.

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is one of the species of Bearberry, in the genus Arctostaphylos, belonging to the family Ericaceae, native to northern North America, Asia, and Europe.

The herb has been used in traditional medicine as a diuretic agent and for the treatment of urinary problems, including bladder infections, kidney infection, kidney stone, pelvic pain, etc.

The herbal plant contains arbutin, ursolic acid, tannic acid, gallic acid, some essential oil and resin, hydroquinones tannins, phenolic glycosides, and flavonoids.

On finding a natural formula for the treatment of diabetic symptoms that leads to the investigated 7 plants and a herbal mixture used for the traditional treatment of diabetes in streptozotocin diabetic mice conducted by the University of Ulster.

In streptozotocin diabetic mice, the formula was supplied as 6.25% by weight of the diet for 9 days.

The consumption of diets containing bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), significantly reduced the excessive hunger and abnormally large intake of solids and excessive thirst or excess water drinking associated with streptozotocin diabetes.

However, other herbal plants in the herbal formula such as bayberry (Cinnamomum tamala), meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), Senna (Cassia occidentalis) and the herbal mixture did not alter these parameters.

Bearberry, mistletoe, and tarragon retarded body weight loss, reduced symptoms of diabetes without significantly altered plasma glucose or insulin concentrations.

The results suggested that only bearberry, goldenseal, mistletoe, and tarragon can counter some of the symptoms of streptozotocin diabetes without affecting glycemic control.

Taken altogether, bearberry (Herbal Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) may be used as a functional remedy for the  treatment of some diabetic symptoms, pending to the confirmation of large sample size and multicenter in a human study




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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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References
(1) Evaluation of traditional plant treatments for diabetes: studies in streptozotocin diabetic mice by Swanston-Flatt SK, Day C, Bailey CJ, Flatt PR.(PubMed)
(2) Western Diet Linked to Type 2 Diabetes by David Hefner. (PMC)