# Gymnema

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Gymnema sylvestre, Gymnema
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Key Actions: Antidiabetic, Lowers.
Parts Used: Leaf.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Cautions: Will interact with conventional.

## Symptoms by System

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Gymnema, Gurmar Gymnema sylvestris Long used in India to treat diabetes and poor sugar tolerance, gymnema stimulates insulin production and may help pancreatic function.
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- See also pp.42–51.
- medicinal uSeS Part used Leaf key actions Antidiabetic • Lowers blood sugar levels Sugar craving and poor sugar tolerance Gymnema’s traditional name of “gurmar” means “sugar destroyer,” gained because it neutralizes the sweet tastebuds in the tongue and tackles sugar cravings.
- Take 20–50 drops of tincture on the tongue every 3 hours.
- Larger doses are required to improve prediabetic states and diabetes, which should be treated only on the advice of a health professional.
- A–Z of he RBAL RemeDIes tincture is best used for weak digestion in elderly people and convalescing patients.
- It stimulates liver and pancreatic function and the release of stomach acid.
- Increased digestive juices also lead to a healthier appetite.
- dried root root stimulates digestion flowers leaves 136