How To Lower Sugar Naturally?

Cinnamon, carqueja and cow’s foot tea are excellent natural remedies that could help control diabetes, because they have hypoglycemic properties that allow regulating blood sugar. In addition, there are also other home remedies that could help in the treatment such as sage, bitter melon, chancapiedra, moringa and insulin plant, for example.

However, it is important to mention that the use of these plants do not replace the diabetes medications prescribed by the endocrinologist, nor the nutritional recommendations that help control blood glucose, such as preparing grilled or steamed meals; consuming 3 to 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day; ingesting between 25 to 30 g of fiber per day and; eating 3 main meals and 2 snacks per day. Learn more about what a diabetic can eat. 

How to lower sugar naturally?

Before using these medicinal plants to control diabetes and blood sugar, you should consult your treating physician, because if they are ingested together with the hypoglycemic, they could cause a decrease in blood sugar, causing symptoms such as weakness, paleness and fainting. Generally, in these cases, the physician decreases the dose of the medicine to avoid these effects. These medicinal plants are:

1. Sage tea

Sage has hypoglycemic effect, helping to lower blood sugar, helping to control diabetes and even regulate sugar in prediabetes.

How to prepare: Place 2 tablespoons of dried sage leaves in 250 ml of boiling water and let stand for 10 minutes. Take up to 2 times a day.

2. Carqueja tea

Carqueja has hypoglycemic action helping to maintain stable blood glucose, this because it has depurative and antioxidant action. See other benefits of carqueja.

How to prepare: To prepare the tea, place 10 grams of Carqueja in 500 ml of boiling water and let it steep for 10 minutes. You can take up to 3 cups a day.

3. Cow’s foot tea

Cow’s foot is a medicinal plant that has a protein that acts similarly to the hormone insulin in the body. This action is proven in animals and is of wide popular knowledge, but lacks scientific verification in humans.

How to prepare: Add 2 leaves of cow’s foot in a pot and add 1 cup of water, keep on low heat to boil for 5 minutes. Let stand, strain and drink still hot 2 times a day.

4. Bitter melon tea

Bitter melon has hypoglycemic action, which means it lowers blood glucose naturally. 

How to prepare: place 1 tablespoon of dried bitter melon leaves in 1 liter of boiling water. Let steep for 5 minutes, strain and drink throughout the day.

5. Chancapiedra tea

The chancapiedra plant contains aqueous extracts that showed hypoglycemic effects, being useful to maintain constant blood glucose. In addition to this, it is well known for treating kidney stones and gallstones. See more about chancapiedra.

Mode of preparation: Place 1 teaspoon of the leaves of chancapiedra in 1 cup of boiling water. Let steep for 5 minutes, strain and drink lukewarm. It can be taken 3 to 4 times per day.

6. Insulin plant tea

The Cissus sicyoides plant has hypoglycemic action that helps control diabetes and is popularly known as vegetable insulin.

How to prepare: Place 2 tablespoons of vegetable insulin in 1 liter of water, place over medium heat until boiling. Remove from heat and let the infusion stand for 10 minutes. Strain and drink 2 to 3 times a day.

7. Cinnamon tea

Cinnamon helps the body to use sugar, decreasing its amount in the blood, helping to control insulin resistance and glucose in diabetes. It is also possible to take advantage of the properties of cinnamon by placing it in coffee as a substitute for sugar, as it gives a sweet touch, and even placing a stick in a thermos with water and drinking it during the day. See more about cinnamon.

How to prepare: To prepare cinnamon tea, place 3 cinnamon sticks in a pot with 1 liter of water, bring to medium heat until it boils for 5 minutes. Then turn off and cover the pot until lukewarm, you can drink this tea several times a day. See other benefits of cinnamon in the video below:

8. Moringa tea

Moringa is a plant that has many benefits, one of them is that it has a natural hypoglycemic effect. It can be consumed in tea, but it also exists in capsules. Learn about other benefits of moringa. 

How to prepare: place 250 ml of water in a pot over medium heat until boiling, add 1 tablespoon (10g) of moringa leaves, cover and let stand for 5 minutes, strain and drink 2 cups a day.

9. Fenugreek

Fenugreek, scientifically known as Trigonella foenum-graecum, is a medicinal plant that has a strong effect in controlling blood sugar levels, as it has in its seeds an active substance known as 4-hydroxyleucine; which, according to several studies, could increase the production of insulin by the pancreas, which decreases the high levels of glucose in the blood common in diabetes. 

Likewise, fenugreek may also delay stomach emptying, decrease carbohydrate absorption and promote the body’s use of glucose, lowering blood sugar. 

How to prepare: place the water and leaves in a pot and bring to a boil for 1 minute; turn off the heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Finally, remove the seeds, let it cool and drink. This tea can be drunk after meals to help regulate glucose levels; however, it should not be used in case you are under treatment with diabetes medications, as it can cause hypoglycemia, especially if there is no doctor’s approval. 

The use of fenugreek may have some side effects in children, pregnant and lactating women, reason why it should be avoided in these cases. 

10. Ginseng

Ginseng, whose scientific name is Panax ginseng, is a medicinal root that helps to increase the production of insulin by the pancreas and to improve sensitivity to this hormone. In this way, ginseng can be an excellent choice in people with type 2 diabetes, as it helps to better regulate the amount of sugar in the blood. 

How to prepare: Place the water and 1 tablespoon of ginseng in a pot and bring to a boil for 5 minutes. Then, let it stand for 5 more minutes and, finally, let it cool and drink 2 to 3 cups a day. 

Regular consumption of this tea may cause side effects in certain people, such as anxiety, headache or insomnia, for example. In addition, pregnant women should not consume this tea without doctor’s supervision. 

11. Dandelion

Dandelion, scientifically named Taraxacum officinale, is another plant that possibly has a strong effect on diabetes, as both its leaves and roots are able to regulate blood sugar levels. In fact, dandelion root possesses a substance known as inulin, which can increase insulin production because it is a type of sugar that is not metabolized; therefore, it does not generate the increase in blood sugar level. 

How to prepare: Place the water and 1 tablespoon of dandelion roots in a pot and bring to a boil, boil for 5 minutes. Then, remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Finally, strain and drink when lukewarm. This tea can be drunk up to 3 times a day. 

12. Chamomile

This plant also has an effect on the blood sugar level, helping to keep it under control. On the other hand, it could also provide protection against complications of the disease, such as lesions in the blood vessels, for example. 

How to prepare: add 1 tablespoon of chamomile to boiling water and let steep for 5 to 10 minutes. Then strain and drink 2 to 3 times a day. 

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