huereque

This is a link to the article “Home Remedies for Type 2 Diabetes Used by Mexican Americans in El Paso, Texas” written by JANE E. POSS, MARY ANN JEZEWSKI and ARMANDO GONZALEZ STUART about the the use of herbal remedies to treat Type 2 diabetes among Mexican Americans in El Paso County, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border. Interviews were conducted in Spanish with 22 Mexican American adults diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Open-ended questions were used to elicit the participants’ beliefs about the appropriate treatment of Type 2 diabetes,including both Western biomedical and herbal therapy. Kleinman’s explanatory model of illness served as the framework, and the grounded theory method wasused for data analysis. A majority of participants were taking prescribed Western medications in conjunction with traditional Mexican folk remedies. Participants relied on the advice of family, friends, and neighbors to provide them with guidance, and some herbs used by participants were not indicated for the treatment of diabetes.

Huereque (Ibervillea Sonoraee) is one of the herbal remedies examined. Huereque is also the main ingredient in our Blood Sugar Combo.