Action (pharmacology: Gymnema Sylvestre has been used in India for more than 2000 years to control the presence of carbohydrates in urine. The Indian name Gumar or Gurmar literally means "Sugar Killer".
Gymnema Sylvestre is a woody, wine-like plant which climbs on bushes and trees in the Western Ghats in South India, and to the west of those mountains in the territory around the coastal city of Goa. The medicinally active parts of the plant are the leaves and the roots. It came to be known as a "destroyer of sugar" because, in ancient times, Ayurvedic physicians observed that chewing a few leaves of Gymnema Sylvestre suppressed the taste of sugar. That is, sweet foods no longer tasted sweet, but rather became almost completely tasteless.
Quote from Web MD: Today, gymnema is used for diabetes, metabolic syndrome, weight loss, and cough. It is also used for malaria and as a snake bite antidote, digestive stimulant, laxative, appetite suppressant, and diuretic.
How does it work?
Gymnema contains substances that decrease the absorption of sugar from the intestine. Gymnema may also increase the amount of insulin in the body and increase the growth of cells in the pancreas, which is the place in the body where insulin is made.
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There is simply no other extraction method so effective that you can actually smell the purity, fragrance and essence of the herb. This is a testimony to the great care that goes into the selection of the herbs and the supercritical extraction process itself. To give you an idea of the potency and concentration of the extract, we can often use as much as 200 to 250 pounds of fresh herbs to produce just one pound of supercritical extract.
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Serving Size: 1 vegetarian capsule
Suggested Use: One capsule two times daily or as directed by your physician.
Servings per Container: 60 or 120
Ingredients per capsule:
Gymnema (Organic Co2 Extract - 60:1 Ratio) - 20 mg.
Gymnema (Organic PSE Extract - 25% Gymnemic Acid) - 250 mg.
Gymnema (Organic Raw Herb) - 182.5 mg.
Pippili (Organic Co2 Extract) - 5 mg.
Other Ingredients: "K" Capsule (Vegetable Cellulose), Aerated silica, no synthetic additives.
No animal ingredients, Kosher Certified, a Cruelty Free product, suitable for vegetarians.