Currently it is one of the major botanicals being administered for those suffering from diabetes, in boosting insulin levels and controlling healthy blood sugar levels. It has unique property to directly mask the tongue's ability to taste sweet foods; at the same time suppresses glucose absorption from the intestine. This is the reason it is known in Hindi as 'gurmar', or "destroyer of sugar". Assay of active principles are carried out using TLC techniques.Curb diabetes by blocking sugar binding sites and hence not allowing the sugar molecules to accumulate in the body. In those with type 1 diabetes, Gymnema seems to enhance the action of insulin. Gymnema can double the amount of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, and return blood sugar levels to normal.

Currently it is one of the major botanicals being administered for those suffering from diabetes, in boosting insulin levels and controlling healthy blood sugar levels. It has unique property to directly mask the tongue's ability to taste sweet foods; at the same time suppresses glucose absorption from the intestine. This is the reason it is known in Hindi as 'gurmar', or "destroyer of sugar". Assay of active principles are carried out using TLC techniques.Curb diabetes by blocking sugar binding sites and hence not allowing the sugar molecules to accumulate in the body. In those with type 1 diabetes, Gymnema seems to enhance the action of insulin. Gymnema can double the amount of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, and return blood sugar levels to normal.