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| Subject: Mango leaves September 5th 2014, 8:01 am | |
| Mango leaves can help normalize insulin levels in the blood. The traditional home remedy involves boiling leaves in water, soaking through the night, and then consuming the filtered decoction in the morning.
Leaves of mango consist of group of tannins called anthocyanidins. Some European Physicians used mango tea (watery extract from mango leaves) to treat not only diabetes but also blood vessel problems and eye complaints related to this disease. They help slow down the progress of diabetes angiopathy (disease of the blood vessels due to diabetes). In fact, the definite improvement observed in diabetes is due primarily to the healing influence of these leafy compounds on the blood vessel in and around the pancreas. Tea made from mango leaves is also good in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy as well as hypertension
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