This miracle plant can save diabetes patients from going under the knife

RAJKOT: More than anything else, most diabetics shudder at the thought of foot amputation, the last resort when stubborn wounds or infections refuse to heal. But here is some sweet news for high-sugar patients.

Close to 100 diabetics have been saved from going under the knife, thanks to a medicinal plant whose miraculous healing property was scientifically studied and put to use by city-based Gujarat Ayurveda University.

For all these patients, amputation was the only alternative left according to their doctors. In 2015, A S Ajmeer, a shalya tantra (surgery) student from Sri Lanka, got the plant named 'katupila' from his native country and a team began research on its medicinal properties. After getting encouraging results, they developed a paste from the crushed leaves of the plant and this was applied on wounds of diabetics.