|
The bitter
gourd is a common vegetable cultivated extensively all
over India. It is 10 to 20 cm. long, tapering at the ends
and covered with blunt tubercles. The seeds are white in
raw fruits and become red when they are ripe. There are
two varieties of this vegetable. The large kind is long,
oblong and pale green in color. The other kind is small,
little oval and dark green. Both the types are bitter in
taste. They turn reddish-orange when ripe. Bitter Gourd
has excellent medicinal virtues. It is antidotal, antipyretic
tonic, appetizing, stomachic, antibilious and laxative.
The bitter Gourd is also used in native medicines of Asia
and Africa.
Bitter
Gourd USES
|
|
|
Several research trials followed the discovery, culminating
in studies examining Bitter Gourd's effectiveness in humans.
-
Diabetes
: The bitter gourd is specifically used as a folk medicine
for diabetes. Several researches proved that it contains
a hypoglycaemic or insulin-like principle, designated
as 'plant-insulin', which has been found highly beneficial
in lowering the blood and urine sugar levels.
- Piles : Juice of
the fresh leaves of bitter gourd is valuable in piles.
-
Blood
Disorder : Bitter gourd is highly beneficial in
the treatment of blood disorders like blood boils, scabies,
itching, psoriasis, ring-worm and other fungal diseases.
-
Respiratory
Disorder : Bitter gourd plant roots are used in
folk medicine for respiratory disorders from ancient
times.
-
Alcoholism
: Leaf juice is beneficial in the treatment of alcoholism.
-
Cholera
: Fresh juice of leaves of bitter gourd is also an effective
medicine in early stages of cholera and other types
of diarrhoea during summer.
|
|
