Diabetes origin from Haridwar

The history of origin of various diseases like Fever, Tuberculosis, Skin diseases and Diabetes begins in the Pauranik (mythological) stories in ancient India. As one of the reference of Shiv Purana., Origin of Diabetes is claimed from Kankhal (subtown of Haridwar (Uttarakhand), INDIA, where a yagya (Fire sacrifice) was performed by King Daksha in which all the Devas, Rishis ,Munis were invited .But the invitation was not given to Lord Shiva.

All the invities were offered a very rich diet i,e Havish (made up of mainly with Sugar & Ghee) & was consumed heavily by the invities All the guests took rest for a long period while staying there. But Lord Shiva because of his insult was very annoyed and ordered Veer bhadra to destroy the yagya .By the destructive acts of Veerbhadra , Stampede occurred. To save themselves everybody rushed here & there, by this critical and stressful situation many diseases occurred and Diabetes was one of them .As we see today the main causative factors of the disease are- Sedentary lifestyle, Rich Diet & Stress.

And as per the above mentioned story all these factors were present &confirms the Origin. (Ref: Charak Samhita/Nidansthan/chapter-8/11).

Later the main symptom in Ayurvedic texts is described that insects and flies are attracted to the urine of some people and that the urine tastes sweet (Sweet Urine Disease)  

In Sushruta Samhita (2500 BC) the detailed description of  Diabetes includes symptoms, Diagnosis, prognosis & Treatment ,is available.