Gymnema extract (Gymnema sylvestre)

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The Extract of Gymnema is prepared from its leaves. Gymnema extract is used in many traditional medicine which is useful to reduce blood sugar and cholesterol levels in diabetic animals and humans.

Gymnema extract is an herbal tincture containing concentrated parts of the gymnema climbing plant which grows in India, Japan, and Sri Lanka. 

Plant anatomy

Gymnema is a woody climbing shrub native to India and Africa. The leaves are used to make medicine. Gymnema has a long history of use in India’s Ayurvedic medicine. The Hindi name, gurmar, means "destroyer of sugar."

Uses

• 1. Due to its non-toxic nature and sweetness-suppression activity, Gymnema sylvestre can play a role in treating conditions caused by excessive sugar intakes. Conditions like obesity, hyperglycemia, anemia and osteoporosis can also be helped by using Gymnema sylvestre.
• Today, gymnema is used for diabetes, metabolic syndrome, weight loss, and cough. It is also used for malaria and as a snake bite antidote, digestive stimulant, laxative, appetite suppressant, and diuretic.
• It useful in hyperdipsia, fever, cough, hiccough, bronchitis and hoarseness of voice.
• It is used in ulceration of urinary tract, retention of urine and gastric ulcers.
• It is used in skin diseases, opthalmic diseases and pharyngitis.
• It is used in epilepsy, anaemia, meno-metrorrhagia and intrinsic haemorrhage.
• It is externally applied to cuts and wounds.