Boil these Leaves and Treat Diabetes Naturally| Moringa Benefits for sugar level

Do you know drinking water boiled with drumstick leaves can treat diabetes naturally? These leaves are all around and readily available. But you need to know the step-by-step method to use it. Diabetes is a disease that slowly makes every system of the body weak. They affect your eyes, hands, legs, nervous, and circulatory systems. In a single phrase, diabetes can take your life away.

With diabetes comes the other hurdles of life. Taking insulin pills and injections regularly, visiting your doctor, taking care of what to eat and what not to eat.  In this post, I’ll break down little-known facts which will help you treat your diabetes ailment in a simple natural way that too at home. The tips I will share have already seen success in my mother. My mother is a diabetic for since last eight years. Using this simple home remedy, she has controlled her sugar level to a safe level. Before reading further, I would also like to mention that by following a simple but different cooking method, you can also eat foods generally restricted to diabetics.  

Boil these leaves and say goodbye to diabetes

Since my childhood days. I have heard that eating drumstick leaves keeps your blood clean. Ok! That was when I was a kid. Now that I have become a well-qualified health practitioner (physio), I repeat those words in a little scientific way- “drumstick leaves help maintain blood sugar levels”.  

Drumstick leaves are also scientifically known as Moringa oleifera. It is native to the western sub-Himalayan regions of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Its leaf, seed pod and even flowers are used to make various dishes, and the people of India relish this food. Being a native of Jharkhand, India, I would say we love the “saag” made of its leaves and flowers. There is also a dish made of dried drumstick leaves.

Other popular dishes are made of drumstick seed pods; in Odisha, it is the main ingredient of a curry known as dalma. In southern India, sambar is incomplete without a moringa seed pod.

The leaves are rich in protein, essential amino acids, iron, copper, calcium, Vitamin C and carotenoids. Research has found that this leaf is rich in Isothiocyanate, which helps reduce blood sugar levels¹. This leaf has many other health benefits, but I’ll restrict this article to diabetes only. In this way, consuming drumstick leaves helps control the blood sugar level.  

In an exciting moringa diabetes research, scientists recruited 70 participants, out of which 35 participants had diet-controlled type 2 diabetes, and 35 were non-diabetic. They were all administered moringa in powder form. The result was surprising, on administering moringa oleifera leaf powder 30 minutes after a food bolus, it reduced blood glucose after having food in diabetic patients only, but not in non-diabetic volunteers.

How to effectively use drumstick leaves?

People consume it as green leafy vegetables. Many delicious recipes can be made with this. But, the effective way is to boil it with clean water and drink a glass full every morning on an empty stomach.

Step-by-step process

• Step 1: Take the leaves in a bowl with two glasses of water.
• Step 2: Boil the leaves for a minimum of 30 minutes.  
• Step 3: Allow the hot water to cool down. The colour of the boiled water will change.  
• Step 4: Filter the water in the glass and drink it.  

P.S. Please do not reuse the leaves. Take fresh leaves every day

What are the other health benefits of drumstick leaves?

Drumstick leaves have various other health benefits. They are a rich source of protein, essential amino acids, iron, copper, calcium, Vitamin C, and carotenoids. Drumstick leaves also have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antibacterial properties. They help in improving digestion, strengthening bones, and enhancing immunity. Additionally, they have been found to be effective in treating asthma and other respiratory disorders.

How to get it for yourself

If live in the Indian subcontinent then it is readily available all around. The plant is now grown for medicinal purposes in tropical countries like Africa. You can use it in powder form if you don’t have local availability.

Sunit. S. Ekka

Dr Sunit Sanjay Ekka is a physiotherapist in practice for the last 15 years. He has done his BPT from one of the premium Central Government physiotherapy colleges, ie, SVNIRTAR. The patient is his best teacher and whatever he gets to learn he loves to share it on his Youtube channel and blog.