Active Ingredient : Gymnemic Acids 25%, Gymnemic Acids 75%
Common Name : Periploca Of Woods
Chemical Constituents and Components : Main chemical componenets are gymenic acids, gurmarin, gymnemagenin, amino acids, saponins, choline, betaine quercitol, lupeol, beta-amyrin and stigmasterol.
Action : Gymnemic Acids 1. Gymnemic acid lowers blood glucose through raising insulin levels by interfering with Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. 2. It lowers serum cholesterol level and triglycerides level. 3. It reduces absorption of glucose and oleic acid in the intestine and improves uptake of glucose into cells. 4. It prevents adrenaline from stimulating the liver to produce glucose and reduce blood sugar level. 5. It interferes the ability of taste buds to taste sweet and bitter flavors.
Curing Diseases : 1. It is useful in diabetes and hyperglycemia.
2. It useful in hyperdipsia, fever, cough, hiccough, bronchitis and hoarseness of voice.
3. It is used in ulceration of urinary tract, retention of urine and gastric ulcers.
4. It is used in skin diseases, opthalmic diseases and pharyngitis.
5. It is used in epilepsy, anaemia, meno-metrorrhagia and intrinsic haemorrhage.
6. It is externally applied to cuts and wounds.
Research Information : Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract is helpful to control blood sugar level in diabetic patients. It enhances endogenous insulin, by regeneration/revitalisation of the residual beta cells in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. (Ref. Shanmugasundaram, E.R. and et.al., Use of Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract in the control of blood glucose in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. PubMed, 1990 Oct; 30(3): 281-94)
Possible Combinations : Gymnema sylvestre + eugenia jambolana + trigonella foenum (control blood glucose)