Let's get to know the Bitter Gourd and the Benefits of Bitter Gourd
Let's get to
know the bitter gourd and the benefits of bitter gourd - The Bitter Gourd-
it is actually a bitter boon in disguise, a tonic, a great metabolic regulator
and a good source of potassium.
Bitter Gourd effectively checks blood sugar levels,
has antioxidant properties and is a potent detoxifying agent. It is a secure
glycemic control from nature and is often strongly recommended as a supportive
therapy for diabetic patients and in pre-diabetics with impaired GTT (Glucose
tolerance test ).Practically all parts of the plant are capable of providing
medicinal benefits to our body system, the fruit scrapings having the maximum
hypoglycemic effect.
About Bitter
Gourd
Fruit is bitter, cool, light to digest and pacifies
pitta. It purifies blood, is carminative, antihelminthic , diuretic, clears
constipation , ignites digestive fire and useful in combating anemia and
fevers. Fruit cooked as vegetable, with minimal spices, checks chronic skin
disorders , gout, rheumatoid arthritis, dyspepsia, flatulence ,asthma and in
general a wide variety of maladies of the stomach.
Juice of
Bitter Gourd
Stomatitis can be checked by gargling with the warm
juice of Bitter Gourd. A pinch of alum may be added to it for additional
benefit.
Juice is also
helpful for patients of hemiplegia.
Prickly heat during the summers can be soothened by
applying bitter gourd juice, with a pinch of baking powder added to it.
Periodic intake of juice mixed with water is
beneficial in ascites.
Passage of blood in cases of piles is relived by
taking juice of Bitter Gourd with sugar.
To shed those extra pounds try bitter gourd juice
with lemon -the first thing in the morning !
It also has the capacity to disintegrate kidney
stones and even flush them out through the urinary tract.
Leaves of
Bitter Gourd
Leaves are bitter, diuretic, induce vomiting and
purgation. Juice of leaves is useful in malaria, enlargement of liver, spleen
and state of ascites. Leaves crushed into a paste, applied over chronic skin
lesions fasten healing. Massaging juice of leaves on soles in beneficial in
controlling burning sensation of feet, especially in patients with diabetic
neuropathy.
Seeds of
Bitter Gourd
Seeds have 32% purgative oil, if crushed into powder
and taken orally, is good for diabetic patients.
THE UNTOWARD EFFECTS, IF ANY, CAN BE NULLIFIED BY
INTAKE OF RICE WITH GHEE (CLARIFIED BUTTER).
