Diabetes, a serious disease in which body metabolism is severely disordered and energy making machinery malfunctions. Though the recorded history of diabetes is very old but modern civilization and its life style are prime causes of this dangerous disease. Excessively starchy diets, the manner in which we eat and drink our intake of tinned or preserved food, the preservatives used in such food and beverages and the mental stress and strain to which a man is exposed today. All these are the aspects of modern civilization that contribute to the occurrence of diabetes. The comforts of life that modern science and technology have provided to human beings have become a course in disguise. The name diabetes was first recorded in the second century AD by a Greek physician, Aretaevs. Thomas Willis (1621-1675) an English anatomist and physician, reported the sugary taste of urine.

The French physiologist, Claude Bernard (1813-1878) devoted research to the role of sugar in the body and first provided a rational basis for understanding diabetes. In 1889, a German doctor, Von Mering, assisted by Minkowski, a pole, proved that diabetes arose in connection with a malfunction in the pancreas, a large organ in the gut which produces a number vital hormone and enzyme, but it was not until 1922, that two Canadians, sir Frederick Banting and Charles best, isolated insulin from pancreatic tissue and with the help of John macleaod, showed that it is essential for the proper utilization of sugar.
Though, modern medicine or allopathy has scaled great heights in research & treatment, it miserable failed to provide a permanent cure to diabetes. Age-old unani system acknowledged diabetes thousands of years ago and evolved effective & permanent cure for diabetics traditional Hakeems with their vast knowledge and experience evolved potent medicine for a complete relief from diabetes.