There is a unique approach to preventing and treating diabetes by selecting and preparing certain medicinal herbs to use as infusions, commonly referred to as medicinal tea or herbal tea in ancient times.
It is challenging to enumerate all the types of medicinal teas that are effective in preventing diabetes in traditional medicine. In this article, we will present several typical herbal remedies for readers to consider and use as needed.
Recipe 1:
Ginseng 50g, Ophiopogon 100g, and Tian Hua Fen (Dried Lily Bulb) 150g.
All ingredients should be dried, crushed, and stored in a sealed jar for later use. Each day, take 30g and steep it with boiling water in a sealed container. After about 15 minutes, it is ready to drink, serving as a substitute for tea throughout the day.
Benefits: It nourishes Qi and generates fluids, quenching thirst and lowering blood sugar levels. Ginseng is known for its ability to reduce blood sugar, improve overall weakness, enhance cardiovascular function, and prevent secondary complications.
Recipe 2:
Reed (Ngọc Trúc), Sa Sâm, Thạch Hộc, Ophiopogon, and Sour Plum each 100g.
All should be dried, crushed, and each day take 100g to steep with boiling water in a sealed container. After about 15 minutes, it is ready to drink, serving as a substitute for tea throughout the day.
Benefits: This remedy is for people with diabetes characterized by lung and stomach heat due to prolonged conditions leading to Yin and blood deficiencies, manifested by symptoms such as increased appetite, excessive thirst, frequent urination, weight loss, dry throat, and a sensation of heat in the palms and soles.
Reed and Ophiopogon both have the ability to stimulate active components that reduce blood sugar, while Ophiopogon further promotes the recovery of pancreatic cells.
Recipe 3:
Watermelon rind 200g, wax gourd rind 200g, Tian Hua Fen 120g.
All should be dried, crushed, and each day take 100g to steep with boiling water in a sealed container. After about 15-20 minutes, it is ready to drink, serving as a substitute for tea throughout the day.
Benefits: It clears heat, generates fluids, moistens dryness, and quenches thirst. This herbal tea is particularly suitable for individuals with diabetes accompanied by inflammatory symptoms such as mouth sores, chapped lips, boils, and skin inflammation.
Recipe 4:
Earth Curd Bark in sufficient quantity, dried and crushed. Each day, take 15g to steep with boiling water in a sealed container. After 20 minutes, it is ready to drink, serving as a substitute for tea throughout the day.
Benefits: It clears heat and cools the blood, detoxifies, and reduces blood sugar and blood pressure.
According to traditional pharmacology, Earth Curd Bark is sweet and cold, used alone or combined with other herbs to treat thirst from diabetes. It has the ability to lower blood sugar levels and improve the condition of damaged pancreatic beta cells. Additionally, this remedy can lower blood fat and blood pressure, making it very suitable for individuals with diabetes who also have lipid disorders and hypertension.
Recipe 5:
Bitter melon (Khổ Qua) in sufficient quantity, dried or sun-dried. Each day, use 15g to steep with boiling water in a sealed container. After 15-20 minutes, it is ready to drink, serving as a substitute for tea throughout the day.
Benefits: It clears heat, regulates temperature, brightens eyesight, detoxifies, and reduces blood sugar.
According to traditional pharmacology, bitter melon is bitter and cold, often used to treat thirst due to heat diseases or dysentery, skin inflammation, cough, and to bathe children to prevent rashes. Bitter melon effectively lowers blood sugar for both pancreatic and non-pancreatic causes. Its primary mechanism is stimulating pancreatic beta cells to increase insulin secretion.
Recipe 6:
Ginseng 30g, Safflower 100g.
Both should be dried and crushed. Each day, use 13g to steep with boiling water in a sealed container. After about 20 minutes, it is ready to drink, serving as a substitute for tea throughout the day.
Benefits: This remedy is for individuals with diabetes who have cardiovascular complications.
According to traditional pharmacology, safflower is spicy and warm, promoting blood circulation and removing stasis. Safflower helps regulate blood lipid disorders and improve microcirculation. When used with ginseng, it lowers blood sugar and actively prevents common cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients, particularly venous thrombosis.
