Re: In need of fig leaves for diabetic mom

I am not a fan of info posted on that site. Lets instead add a few thousand years of usage to that info:

from: http://www.innvista.com/health/herbs/figs.htm

In Ayurvedic medicine, the bark is used to treat diabetes.

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Interesting that Ayurvedic only regards the Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis) bark as potent enough to use.
The darn devil is always in the details..

BTW: My money in the case of Diabetes is always on Chelation before anything else..
http://onibasu.com/wiki/Cutler_protocol


That said NONI really helped a lot of people to balance blood sugar while chelating:
http://www.iherb.com/Source-Naturals-Hawaiian-Noni-375-mg-120-Capsules/1362