COMMON NAME: Insulin
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chamaecostus cuspidatus
FAMILY: Costaceae
SOIL: Grows in any type of soil with good drainage with organic potting mix.
ORIGIN: Eastern Brazil
PROPAGATION: Either root cuttings or stem cuttings
- It is extensively may plant as an attractive plant in gardens and grows wild in many areas in South India.
- Diabetic patients consume one leaf every day to maintain their blood glucose low, and it’s can use to manage diabetes in India.
- Consumption of the leaves are believed to lower blood glucose levels, and diabetics.
- Costus Igneus plant leaves are believed to activate beta cells in the pancreas which in turn boosts the natural insulin production in the body and maintains the blood sugar levels.