In the recent years traditional or complementary medicine
has seen an upsurge and according to two studies, almost 48.5% Australian respondents, and 34% of American re- spondents had used at least one form of unconventional therapy including herbal medicine (Eisenberg et al., 1993; Maclennan et al., 1996).
Diabetes is a serious metabolic disorder with micro and macrovascular complications that results in significant morbidity and mortality. The increasing number of ageing population, consumption of calories rich diet, obesity and sedentary life style have led to a tremendous increase in the number of diabetics world-wide. The current treatment al- though provide good glycemic control but do a little in pre- venting complications. Besides, these drugs are associated with side effects (Rang et al., 1991). Moreover, providing modern medical healthcare across the world