Insulin Tea

I was on duty at the emergency room of the Regional Hospital of Sorocaba, during my internship in internal medicine, when a patient came in complaining of nausea, thirst, fatigue, blurred vision, and a strong urge to urinate. During the anamnesis, I found that the patient was a known diabetic and that she treated it with insulin tea. Curious about this so-called tea, I discovered that it was made from a vine that grew in her backyard and was extracted by boiling it; however, according to the patient, the taste was very bitter, and she had to add a lot of sugar to be able to drink it…

Dr. Alexandre Amato