In Unani practice the pancreas has always been read as a heat-sensitive organ, steadied by bitters rather than sweets. Safoof-e-Ziabetus gathers the herbs Multan’s hakeems have leaned on for generations — gurmar, jamun seed, karela and methi — dried, sifted and ground to a fine, even powder. Laraib has made it the same unhurried way since 1998, one measured spoon at a time.
What it is traditionally used for
- Taken as daily traditional support by those living with ziabetus (diabetes)
- Long used in Unani medicine to support the pancreas and its ordinary working order
- Kept in the house by families managing both sugar and non-sugar forms of diabetes
- Given as a bitter formula to support the body’s everyday handling of sweetness
- Used alongside — never in place of — the treatment your physician has prescribed
How it is made
Each herb is bought whole from single-origin growers, sun-dried, cleaned and hand-checked before it goes anywhere near a mill. The batch is then slowly ground and passed through a fine mesh so the powder disperses cleanly in water rather than sitting on top. Nothing artificial is added — no colour, no filler, no synthetic sweetener.
How to take it
The usual measure is 5 g, a level teaspoon, stirred into half a glass of plain water or taken with a little milk if the bitterness is hard going. Most people take it twice a day, once before breakfast and once in the evening before the last meal. Use a dry spoon, and keep to the same hours each day so it settles into your routine.
Good to know
- Supplied in a 60 gm wide-mouth jar, easy to reach with a dry spoon
- 100% natural — herbs and nothing else, with no colouring or filler
- No sugar is added; the formula is deliberately bitter
- Store sealed in a dry cupboard, as moisture is the enemy of any safoof
Naveed Ansari (verified owner) –
Ordered twice. Reached Rawalpindi in four days both times, sealed and dated. My wife stirs it into warm water at night. We still keep to the doctor’s schedule, this just sits alongside it.
Tehreem Butt (verified owner) –
Good quality powder and the jar seals properly, which matters in Karachi humidity. Only reason for four stars is that the mouth of the jar makes it easy to spill when you are in a hurry in the morning.
Basit Rashid (verified owner) –
Bitter, yes, but that is the point. I take it with a little milk before breakfast in Faisalabad. Grinding is fine enough that it mixes without lumps, which was my complaint with a local brand I tried earlier.
Irfan Sheikh (verified owner) –
My father has taken this every morning in Multan for close to a year now, on his hakeem’s advice and alongside his regular tablets. He says it sits easily with him and he has not missed a day. The jar lasts us about a month.