Type II Diabetes and Medicinal Rice

Medicinal Rice used in Type II Diabetes Management in Indian state Chhattisgarh

This Knol gives first hand information about Medicinal Rice in Indian state Chhattisgarh and its use in management of Type II Diabetes.


In general, modern medical practitioners suggest the patients having Type II Diabetes to stop using rice in any form but in Traditional Healing the Traditional Healers of Indian state Chhattisgarh recommend many types of Medicinal Rice. All parts of these Medicinal Rice types are used both internally as well as externally. In general they place these types in diet schedules of patients as per requirement. The Medicinal types are given in form of combinations also. These types are used at initial as well as advanced stages of Type II Diabetes. In complicated cases when available remedies fail to give desirable effects the Medicinal Rice types are among the important remedies tried by the Healers. Medicinal Rice types are given with traditional millets like Kodo and Kutki also.  

Medicinal Rice based Traditional Formulations

 

 Medicinal Rice Type
 No. of Traditional Formulations
 Remarks
 Tenduphool Over 15,000
 Formulations useful for modern diseases like Type II Diabetes, different types of cancer etc. are in use. 
 Mundaria Over 9000
 Many Traditional rice having name Mundaria exist but Mundaria with specific sign in aerial part is used in Traditional Healing.
 Type III
 Over 12,000
 It is known by different names in different regions.
 Type IV
 Over 11,000
 It is known by different names in different regions. Due to less availability Traditional Healers are using it less frequently.

 [Source: Scientific report titled ‘Medicinal Rice in Traditional Healing in Indian state Chhattisgarh. By Pankaj Oudhia; Size plus 50 GB; CGBD (Offline Database on Chhattisgarh Biodiversity), Raipur, India.]

The scientific report on Type II Diabetes, under preparation from last 14 years, gives details of use of Medicinal Rice types in treatment of Type II Diabetes. This report is near completion now. At present the size of report is over 200 GB. In terms of pages, over 10 million pages (A4 size). The report is written in code words in order to avoid its misuse. This report is a result of interactions with over 6000 Traditional Healers, herb collectors, farmers, herb vendors, traders etc. Over 80,000 high resolution pictures (over 220 GB; other than 200 GB text) are important part of this report. Over 650,000 pages and 30,000 pictures are online at Ecoport.org so far.

 

Most of the traditional knowledge documented in this report is coming for the first time among world community. This knowledge is not present in ancient Indian literatures as well as in world literatures. Many Healers interacted during surveys are not with us. Their knowledge is safe in this report. Complex herbal formulations having hundreds of herbs are mentioned in details. This report gives details of over 2000 methods through which herbal combinations are given. Each method is described in over 5000 pages.  Traditional Allelopathic Knowledge through which herbs are enriched with medicinal properties before harvesting is described in much detail.

 

This report also gives details of over 70 types of Traditional Farming practices to grow medicinally rich Rice.

 

 

Useful Links

 

Medicinal and Traditional Rice in Scientific Report on Type II Diabetes.

 

Type II Diabetes Report: Important Links

 

Complicated cases of Type II Diabetes


Related References

Oudhia, P. (2006-2008). 46 Traditional methods of cultivation, based on Traditional Allelopathic Knowledge, to enrich Medicinal Rice Njavara (Navara) with medicinal properties. CGBD (Offline Database on Chhattisgarh Biodiversity), Raipur, India.


Oudhia, P. (2006-2008). Traditional uses of Medicinal Rice Njavara (Navara) with Medicinal Rice Tenduphool in treatment of modern diseases. CGBD (Offline Database on Chhattisgarh Biodiversity), Raipur, India.


Oudhia, P. (2006-2008). Traditional uses of Medicinal Rice Njavara (Navara) with Medicinal Rice Mundaria in treatment of modern diseases. CGBD (Offline Database on Chhattisgarh Biodiversity), Raipur, India.


Oudhia, P. (2006-2008). Traditional uses of Medicinal Rice Njavara (Navara) with Medicinal Rice Bhejri in treatment of modern diseases. CGBD (Offline Database on Chhattisgarh Biodiversity), Raipur, India.


Oudhia, P. (2006-2008). Traditional uses of Medicinal Rice Njavara (Navara) with Medicinal Rice Laicha in treatment of modern diseases. CGBD (Offline Database on Chhattisgarh Biodiversity), Raipur, India.


Oudhia, P. (2006-2008). Traditional medicinal uses of Medicinal Rice Njavara (Navara) not mentioned in ancient Indian literatures. CGBD (Offline Database on Chhattisgarh Biodiversity), Raipur, India.

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