To assess the action of Cephalandra indica, a homeopathic mother tincture on HbA1C in type 2 diabetes mellitus in age group 30-75 years as add on medicine along with conventional antidiabetics.

Resumen

The worldwide prevalence of DM has risen dramatically over the past two decades, from an estimated 30 million cases in 1985 to 177 million in 2000. DM is a sedentary life-style disorder where 79.4 Million individuals in India may have affect of Diabetes Mellitus by 2030.Homoeopathy plays an important role by giving medicine by organ specific medicines given in mother tinctures..Methods: This is a clinical study on Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 individuals of age group 30-75 years. Total 32 patients of Pre- diagnosed and newly diagnosed DM are enrolled of which 30 patients (Male & female) are present till the end of the study where as 2 individuals dropped out from study. The study is done by assessing the Fasting, Post prandial blood sugar level  and HbA1c levels. Result:Of 30 patients who completed the study, 30 are the experimental and were given medication there was marked improvement in 23 of the cases and there was no improvement in 7 cases.The medicine prescribed was Cephalandra Indica in tincture considering its antidiabetic properties.