How to Use Cherokee Medicine for Diabetes

For more than 4,000 years the Cherokee people have used a medicinal and spiritual system of medicine they call Nvwoti. Cherokee herbalists use Nvwoti to communicate with plants, which they call "Green People," to bring balance to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual elements of the human body. Cherokee medicine treats the symptoms of diabetes using Nvwoti with the belief that balancing the body with the "Great Life," or all that exists in nature, is the best form of healing.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Dried wild carrot flowers and seeds
• Arnica tincture
• Buckwheat

1. Drink tea made from wild carrot blossoms, the most widely used Cherokee medicine to treat the symptoms of diabetes. The small white flowers and flat green seeds of wild carrot should be harvested when seeding, between July and September. To make tea, pour boiling water over 1/2 tsp. of dried flowers and 1/2 tsp. of dried seeds, allowing to steep for 10 or 15 minutes. Drink the tea two or three times a day.
2. Apply a few drops of arnica tincture to treat ulcers on the legs caused by diabetes. This effective Cherokee medicine will increase blood circulation, reduce pain and inflammation and prevent infection, helping to heal and prevent diabetic ulcers.
3. Include buckwheat in your regular diet, a food that can help lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels, helping to manage diabetes. Traditionally, the Cherokee people would prepare buckwheat in a sort of pancake; however, today buckwheat is available in many forms including flour, cereal grains and healthy snack foods, making it easy to add to your daily diet. Buckwheat is very high in protein and phytochemicals, both helpful elements for a diabetic diet.