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Gurmar has been used in India for the treatment of diabetes for over 2,000 years. its use was primarily for adult onset diabetes (NIDDM), a condition for which it continues to be recommended today in India.
In Hindu, the word gurmar means “sugar destroyer.” People of India traditionally chewed on the gymnema sylvestre leaves to help control sugar cravings.
Furthermore, the leaves were used for stomach ailments, constipation, water retention, and liver disease.
Gurmar is known to have a good effect for curbing of diabetes by blocking sugar binding sites and thus not allowing the sugar molecules to accumulate in the body.
Gurmar slows the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream. Once it has reached the bloodstream, Gurmar helps nourish the pancreas and aid the efficient utilization of glucose throughout the body.
For weight control, Gurmar provides the body with an effective tool for weight management. It slows the absorption of sugar into the blood stream which gives your body time to use the blood sugar instead of converting the sugar into fat.
Recent clinical studies carried out in Germany have confirmed that Cimicifuga is strongly estrogenic and that it is effective in relieving menopausal symptoms.
It has as its main constituents triterpene glycosides, cinnamic acid derivatives, chromone, isoflavones, tannins and salicylic acid.
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There are no known contraindications to this herb
There are few direct side-effects, except for occasional gastric discomfort, and rare hepatic (liver) dysfunction .
Some authorities have suggested that medicinal quantities of black cohosh may increase the effects of synthetic hormones in susceptible women, e.g. women taking HRT or the contraceptive pill.
Because of its oestrogen-like effects, it is thought that it may promote metastasis of breast cancer tissue. (In an experiment done on mice, black cohosh increased metastasis of cancer to the lungs, but did not cause an increased incidence of breast cancer.)
Black cohosh should not be used during pregnancy or lactation.
There are no known interactions with other drugs
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