Diabetes or diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease of type II-degenerative remains a global health problem. Diabetes is basically divided into two types: type I, which is a congenital disease of birth as a result of damage to the pancreas and type II, which occurs in old age. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in 2000 the number of people with type 2 diabetes reach 150 million people and by 2030 that number will increase to 300 million people, where the highest increase occurred in Southeast Asia and Indonesia ranks fourth in the world. Patients with type 2 diabetes had a risk two to five times that of coronary heart disease than non-DM patients. This risk increased to double in women than in men. Elevation prevalence of coronary heart disease is caused by narrowed heart arteries to clog the beginning of the occurrence at a young age and goes progressively until old age. Constriction of blood vessels and clogged (Atherosclerosis) is the leading cause of death by 80%.
National Public Health Institute (NPHI) has recommended primary prevention programs to prevent coronary heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the form of setting lifestyle, diet, and physical activity, but the success of the program depends on patient adherence. In addition, the use of cardiac drugs such as calcium antagonists (ISDN) for the treatment of coronary heart disease assessed cause many side effects, since it can lead to decreased heart function, blood is low (hypotension), bengka on the body (edema), and heart failure. Therefore, we need a prevention and the latest pengobtan that have high efficacy and low side effects.
Nigella sativa (black cumin) is a traditional medicinal plant from the Mediterranean area which is believed to cure various diseases because it has antidiabetic effects, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, liver and kidney protective nature and able to enhance the immune system. Black cumin contain compounds thymoquinone, linoleic acid, oleic acid and phytosterol useful for reducing the accumulation of fat in blood vessels and inhibits the production of fat cells (adipokines). In addition, black cumin also regulate the balance of the blood and have the factors that inhibit blood clotting potential as a blockage of blood vessels in heart disease.
Therefore, basically black cumin has a double benefit because apart as antidiabetic also as anti penyumbuatan blood vessels causing heart failure who also is one of the effects of diabetes. Currently black cumin has a lot packed in a variety of forms and products so that today we are not too difficult to look for it.
