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Diabetes is of primarily two types Diabete mellitus (Type-I and Type II) and Diabetes
insipidus.

What is type-1 diabetes?

Type-1 diabetes is sometimes called juvenile diabetes, or insulin-dependent diabetes. It

means that your body cant make insulin. Insulin helps your body turn the sugar from
the food you eat into a source of energy. Type 1 occurs more frequently in children and
young adults, but accounts for only 5-10% of the total diabetes cases nationwide.

What is type-2 diabetes?

Type-2 diabetes results when insulin production is defective and tissue resistance to
insulin develops. For many persons with Type-2 diabetes, daily insulin supplementation
is not required. Diabetes is managed by making moderate changes in diet and exercise.
Of the nearly 16 million Americans with diabetes, 90-95% (14.9 million) have Type-2
diabetes. Of these, roughly a third are unaware they have the disease.

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease involving abnormalities in the bodys ability to

use sugar. Diabetes is characterized by:

Elevated blood sugars for months to years.

Both hereditary and environmental factors leading to its development and progression.
A relative or absolute deficiency of effective circulating insulin. Insulin is a substance
made by the pancreas which lowers blood sugar in conjunction with meals. Diabetes is
characterized by either: (1) an inability of the pancreas to produce insulin (type 1 or
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus) or an inability of insulin to exert its normal
physiological actions (type 2 or non-insulin dependent diabetes).
Often recognized in patients and their families by excessive urination, thirst, weight
loss and/or a lack of energy. But diabetes is often silent and may exist for many years
without the individuals noticing it.
Effects certain target tissues, that is, tissues which are vulnerable to the damaging
effects of chronically high blood sugar levels. These target tissues are the eye, the
kidney, the nerves and the large blood vessels, such as in the heart.

A form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone

that regulates the kidneys); characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of
pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst.

#Uranium nitrate. [Uran]

This remedy is praised highly by Hughes and others in diabetes originating in
dyspepsia. It has polyuria, polydypsia, dryness of the mouth and skin. It causes sugar in
the urine. Dr. Laning said that no remedy gives such universally good results; it lessens
the sugar and quantity of the urine; he recommended the 3X trituration. It is when the
disease is due to assimilative derangements that Uranium is the remedy, and
symptoms such as defective digestion, languor, debility and much sugar in the urine,
enormous appetite and thirst, yet the patient continues to emaciate. Syzygium
jambolanum is a remedy capable of diminishing the amount of sugar in the urine,
especially when used in the tincture and lower triturations, and some cases have been
reported cured, but it cannot be considered a reliable drug , and its use seems entirely
palliative.

#Phosphoric acid [Phos]

corresponds to diabetes of nervous origin; the urine is increased, perhaps milky in color
and containing much sugar. It suits cases due to grief, worriment and anxiety, those
who are indifferent and apathetic, poor in mental and physical force. It is
unquestionably curative of diabetes mellitus in the early stages, great debility and
bruised feeling in the muscles. There will be loss of appetite, sometimes unquenchable
thirst and perhaps the patient will be troubled with boils. When patients pass large
quantities of pale colorless urine or where there is much phosphatic deposit in the urine
it is the remedy. It thus may be a remedy in the form known as diabetes insipidus.
Hering considered Plumbum one of the most important remedies in diabetes mellitus.
Causticum, Scilla and Strophanthus may be of use in diabetes insipidus. Lycopodium
cured a case in a weary, wretched patient; emaciated, increased appetite and great
thirst; pale, profuse urine. Eight quarts in 24 hours.

#Phosphorus. [Phos]
Useful in diabetes and pancreatic diseases, especially in those of a tuberculous or gouty
diathesis. The pancreatic involvement will call attention to Phosphorus. Natrum
sulphuricum corresponds to the hydrogenoid constitution, with dry mouth and
throat,and Arsenicum should be studied in diabetic gangrene, thirst and emaciation.
Sudden and extreme dryness of the mouth and marked physical restlessness are also
guiding symptoms to this remedy, especially with a dark watery stool. Dr. P.Jousset

reports positive success where the mouth is dry; frequent, abundant urination and
tendency to skin eruption.

#Lactic acid. [Lact]

An exceedingly good remedy in the gastrohepatic variety of diabetes and good results
often follow its use. It has a fine clinical record. The symptoms are: urinates copiously
and freely, urine light yellow and saccharine, thirst, nausea, debility, voracious appetite
and costive bowels. Dry skin, dry tongue, gastralgia. Acetic acid is also a valuable
diabetic remedy, and it has passing of large quantities of pale urine, intense thirst, hot,
dry skin and marked debility Carbolic acid may also be found useful.

#Bryonia. [Bry]
Should not be neglected in this disease. No remedy has dryness of the lips as a
symptom of hepatic disorder more marked than Bryonia, and this is often one of the
first symptom of diabetes. There is a persistent bitter taste, the patient is languid,
morose and dispirited, thirst may not be extreme nor the appetite voracious, the
patient may lose strength through inability to eat. Podophyllum has a bitter taste, but
the tongue is flabby. It may be of use in the disease. Chionanthus is a remedy used by
the Eclectic School upon the indications of thirst, frequent and copious urine;
constipation with stools light colored, devoid of bile. Functional liver disorders.
Argentum metallicum. Hahnemann suggests the use of this remedy in diuresis, it is
decided use in diabetes insipidus. The urine is profuse, turbid and of sweet odor.
Micturition is frequent and copious. Natrum sulphuricum. Hinsdale reports good results
with this remedy. It has polyuria, intense itching of the skin, especially upon the upper
surface of the thighs. It is the Tissue Remedy of diabetes.

#Insulin. [Insulin]
Long before the discovery of Insulin Dr.Pierre Jousset of Paris prepared a pancreatic
juice on a glycerine basis which he administered to diabetic patients in doses of 10 or
20 drops a day in water and had results sufficiently good to consider pancreatic juice,
orally administered, as a remedy of great value in diabetes. Dr. Cartier, his practical
successor, praised it insisted on smaller doses given by mouth as larger doses and
hypodermic injections of it had no effect in ordinary diabetes. Baker advises the
homoeopathic strengths of Insulin 3d to 30th and reports happy results therefrom.
Great care must be taken not to overdose. Boericke says that it maintains the blood
sugar at a normal level and the urine remains free of sugar. Epileptic convulsions and
mental derangements have been produced by hypodermic use of this hormone.