Diabetis Herb List
diabetis mellitus

artichoke
bilberry
blue cohosh
chicory
common lettuce
dandelion
dwarf nettle
elecampane
European centaury
European Solomon's seal
fenugreek
flax
goat's rue
green bean pod juice
juniper
kidney bean
milfoil
nettle
onion
taheebo or pau d' arco
queen of the meadow
saw palmetto
spotted cranesbill
sumac
wild red raspberry
wintergreen

dandelion
taraxacum officinale
Six inches to one foot tall.
Used in tonics to treat; liver disorders, diabetes and amemia.
Useful diuretic.

Diabetics will benefit from drinking strawberry tea.
Place 4-5 fresh leaves in one cup boiling water.
Steep 15 minutes. Strain and drink.

Diabetics are said to benefit from tea made
from wild carrots (Queen Anne's Lace).
Place several blossoms in one cup boiling water
and steep 10 minutes.
Strain and drink several cups daily.

Skins of green bean pods are said to contain
substances that are related to insulin.
Place one quart green bean pods in about four quarts
of water, cook until soft.
Strain pods from the liquid.
Drink three cups daily with meals.

CAUTION
Diabetics and hypoglycemics should not take calendula
in any form internally.
It drops blood sugar level
drastically and is potentially very dangerous.

Treatmemt for High Blood Sugar
Put one teaspoon dried and crushed
blueberry leaves (vaccinium speices) in one cup boiling water.
Steep 15 minutes and drink. Strain and drink every 6 hours.

Tea to Improve Sugar Tolerance
Pumpkin seeds, peeled
Fragrant Valerian root
Bilberry leaves
Mix in equal parts.
Steep one tablespoon in one cup boiling-hot water.
Take one cup in the couse of a day,
unsweetened, in mouthful doses.

Rx
Mix bilberry leaves in equal parts
with one or two of the following;
Bean pods
Nettle
Milfoil
European centaury
Dandelion
Blackberry leaves
Parboil one tablespoon, in one half cup water
for ten minutes.
Take one to one and a half cups a day,
unsweetened, in mouthful doses, but not
within an hour of meals (before or after).



Source(s)
Jude's Herbal Home Remedies
Jude C. Williams, M.H.

The Herb Book
by John Lust


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