To Ascertain the Efficacy of Berberis Vulgaris 6c in Controlling the Glycaemic Index of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is one of the major endocrinological disorder witnessed even among the younger generation of the people now a days. It has become the major health condition that is prevailing worldwide and mostly in India. The 4th -6th decades are mostly affected; major causes are due to dietary and lifestyle factors. Obesity is the main cause, Homoeopathy has a great number of remedies that are suited to this condition like Syzigium, Uranium nitricum, Phosphoric acid, Gymnema etc. But as the active principle from the root extract of Berberis vulgaris is used in treatment of diabetes in other systems of medicine, Berberis is said to have the active principle Berberine that have the effects of lowering the glycemic index of the diabetic individuals. I am willing to test the efficacy of berberis vulgaris homeopathically in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Berberis vulgaris, glycemic index, HbA1c tests.