A Study to Evaluate the Role of Homoeopathic Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Obese

Diabetes is a major disease burden in India, and India is home to the second largest number of diabetes cases in the world with currently over 72 million cases of diabetes. The reported prevalence of obesity in type 2 diabetes mellitus was 60%?90%. Obesity and overweight pose a major risk for chronic diseases and are considered to be a strong risk factor for the development of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.(1)Homoeopathy has been said to be having much efficacy in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus because of its holistic approach of considering body, mind and disease. This study was focused on determining the role of homoeopathic treatment in obese suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus. This Exploratory study was carried on for period of 18 months on a sample size of 50. It was observed that 64% (32 cases) individuals showed remarkable improvement, 26% (13 cases) individuals showed good improvement and 10% (5 cases) showed no improvement. This study shows that homoeopathy when given after careful history taking is successful in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus in obese.