undur-undur

Undur-undur (back-walker) can also be used as an alternative medicine to overcome diabetes. Small animals common in the sand around the house leafs potent blood sugar lowering. Undur-undur (back-walker) has a Latin name Myrmeleon sp. was efficacious lower blood sugar levels of diabetics.


Based on the research that led Tyas Kurniasih from Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta, entitled "Kajian Potensi Undur-Undur Darat" (Myrmeleon sp) 2006, these animals contain a sulfonylurea. Work sulfonylurea in Undur-undur (back-walker) is to wage the pancreas to produce insulin. Because, when the insulin in the human body decreases while the blood glucose levels rise, then there is an imbalance. Where the energy-producing insulin as the body continues to diminish. As a result, the body susceptible to disease.