Herbal Tea in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Exclusion Criteria

• •Any one of the following
• •1. Patients on Insulin therapy.
• •2. Patients on oral hypoglycemic agents other than metformin
• •3. Any history suggestive of micro vascular or macro vascular disease - coronary artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease or diabetes related retinal changes.
• •4. Women in child bearing age unable to practice any form of contraception
• •5. Patients with diagnosis of Anaemia (Hemoglobin \<11 g/dl in Female and \<13 g/dl in Male)
• •6. Impaired renal function; estimated glomerular function \<60mls/min/1.73m2.
• •7. Known history of any chronic illness taking regular pharmacological agents.
• •8. Blood pressure fluctuations exceeding 20 mmHg on 2 subsequent clinic visits or known history of hypotension or bradycardia in last 6 months or taking 3 or more antihypertensive medications regularly in the last 6 weeks
• •9. Known history of autonomic dysfunction like diabetic autonomic neural imbalance or neuropathy
• •10. Participating in another clinical trial with an active intervention or drug or device with last dose taken within 60 days.