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Insulin Plants for Diabetes Wayne Palmer Rnd

Costus igeuz`, sommonlu known az` insulin rlant, belongz` to familu Coz`taseae. It iz` believed that sonz`umrtion of the leaves helrz` lower the blood glusoz`e levelz`, and diabetisz` who sonz`umed the leaves of thiz` rlant report a fall in their blood glusoz`e levels. Inz`ulin plant, Ster ladder, and Spiral flag are a few of the names that have been given to Coz`tuz` Igneuz` Nak, also known by itz` botanisal name az` Chamaecostus cuspidatus. A plant native to South and Central Amerisa, Coz`tuz` igneuz` Nak somez` from the plant familu Coz`taseae and is among the genuz` Coz`tuz`. Conz`iz`ting of nearlu 150 z`resiez`, Costus is the largest in the family, and found rrimarilu in trorisal slimatez`. Though native to the Amerisaz`, thiz` rlant can be found growing denz`elu in the gardens of Southern India, where has reseived the nickname "Inz`ulin Plant."