Ayurvedic Tips for Diabetes and foot problems

DIABETES AND FOOT PROBLEMS Ayurvedic Tips

To diagnose foot diseases arising from diabetes, specialists usually examine the foot by using specialised instruments to check for the following¹:

• Sensation in the foot
• Changes in the skin in the foot
• Changes in the foot shape
• Location of wounds and infections
• Whether there is any associated pain

Diet Recommendations (Aahar)

• Increase intake of barley in diet as it is considered the main food for healing diabetes.
• Have herbs like gokshura, gudmar, triphalá, musta, cardamom, fenugreek, or coriander, mixed with honey.
• Include other cereals such as wheat, kodo millet and rice which crops within 60 days.
• Pulses such as adhaki (arahar), horse gram (kulattha), green gram (mudga), along with bitter and astringent leafy vegetables may be taken.
• Include vegetables such as green banana, chaulee, dwarf copperleaf (matsyakhshi), methi (fenugreek leaves) and bitter gourd.
• Include fruits such as papaya, guava, apple, jambu, kapitha and amla.
• In foods, include oils such as soya bean oil, groundnut oil, and mustard oil.
• Have karela juice or white pumpkin 20-30 ml on an empty stomach.
• Regularly have methi seeds soaked overnight in water.
• Avoid sugar, sugar products, rice, potato, ghee, butter, fat, regular oil, fermented food items, alcohol, urad (blackgram), rajma (kidney beans) and other heavy items.

Lifestyle changes (Vihar)

• Start exercising regularly. Walking, swimming, running or yogasanas are highly beneficial.
• Have regular massage.
• Take regular steam.
• Taking sitz or waist bath (warm shallow bath to cleanse the genital area) also helps.
• Include pranayama (breathing exercise) in your daily routine.