State of the art of diabetes treatment in Greco-Arab and islamic medicine

Nowadays, because of the expensive treatment for diabetes as well as the contraindications that these medications give, people are trying to discover the wonders of alternative herbal- based treatments for diabetes mellitus. Usually, in most Arab and Islamic countries, these medications are unregulated and are not standardized, which poses a risk for their use, although some would debate that natural ingredients would not be harmful to health, unless taken in significantly increasing amounts. Any medication, be it herbal or chemical, should ...