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Bitter gourd (KARELA)
A vegetable / a food that heals.
The Bitter gourd has excellent medicinal values. "In ancient times, raw bitter gourd (carilla) was used as a cure for eye troubles, stomach disorders and skin eruptions.The seeds can help to clear up infections of the chest and guts. The seeds became a cure-all of sorts
finding their way into remedies for conditions as different and unrelated to each other as mumps, lumbago, and breast cancer. Juice from crushed leaves is a liver tonic and menstrual regulator; crushed flowers and roots are cough remedies and asthma fix-its. The ripe bitter melon has been shown to exhibit profound anticancer effects, especially in leukaemia.
The Bitter gourd is also used in native medicines of Asia and Africa.
Bitter gourd (Karela) is useful in treating disorders like scabies, itching, psoriasis, ringworm and other fungal diseases.
A cup of fresh juice of bitter gourd mixed with a teaspoon of lime juice should be taken, sip by sip, on an empty stomach daily for 4 to 6 months for the treatment of this disease. Its regular use in endemic regions of leprosy acts as a preventive medicine. Half a cup of fresh bitter gourd juice, mixed with lime juice or half a lemon, taken on an empty stomach once a day will purify and enrich the blood and will clear the skin of blemishes, boils, pimples and other skin diseases. This juice has an antiseptic property and can be used in an emergency to dress minor cuts, wounds and burns.
Alcoholism:
Leaf juice is beneficial in the treatment of alcoholism. It is an antidote for alcohol intoxication. It is also useful in liver damage due to alcoholism. Three teaspoons of the juice mixed with a glass of buttermilk should be taken every morning ideally for a month.
Impotency :
6-9 gms. Powder of dried seeds will relieve impotency.
Fever in Sunstroke :
Cut a bitter gourd from the middle and eliminate its pulp. Fill its cavity with green tea. Unite the 2 halves and suspend to dry in the shadow. Then boil 6-9 g each time and serve like tea.
Dysentery (Inflammation of the Intestines) :
Grind a bitter gourd to make paste, add 100 g. Sugar and mix thoroughly. After 2 hours, squeeze out the juice and drink it to cure dysentry.
Liver Trouble :
For children of 3-8 years, giving 1/2 tsp. Of bitter gourd juice is preventive against liver disorders. In enlarged liver 50 gm juice with water is advised.42
Jaundice :
'/2 tsp. Of fresh juice of bitter gourd with water twice a day cures jaundice. In take of juice should be immediately stopped when the yellowishness in eyes disappears.
Arthritis :
Massage with the juice of bitter gourd on the affected portion, and also eat bitter gourd to cure joint pains.
Leucorrhoea :
To cure leucorrhoea, take '/2 tsp. Of bitter gourd juice twice a day regularly for a month or two.
Piles :
Juice of the fresh leaves of bitter gourd is valuable in piles. Three teaspoonful of leaf juice mixed with a glassful of buttermilk should be taken every morning for about a month in this condition. A paste of the roots of bitter gourd plant can also be applied over piles with beneficial results.
Constipation :
Half a tsp. Of bitter gourd juice twice a day will cure constipation. Bitter gourd generates heat and is harmful if taken in excessive quantity. Always take in small quantities fo smaller period.
Blood Disorders :
Bitter gourd is highly beneficial in the treatment of blood disorders like blood boils, scabies, itching, psoriasis, ringworm and other fungal diseases. A cupful of fresh juice of bitter gourd mixed with a teaspoonful of lime juice should be taken, sip by sip, on empty stomach daily for four to six months in these conditions. Its regular use in endemic regions of leprosy acts as preventive medicine.
The leaves and fruit are excellent sources of Vitamin B, iron, calcium, and phosphorus. It has twice the amount of beta-carotene in broccoli and twice the calcium content of spinach, slight soaking in salty water before cooking removes some of the bitter taste of the fruit. The bitter gourd is cooked and eaten as a vegetable in India and the Far East. Steeping the peeled fruit in salt water before cooking reduces the bitterness. It is also used in pickles and as an ingredient of curries. The seeds of the ripe fruit are used as a condiment in India. The tender shoot and leaves are used as spinach.
A vegetable / a food that heals.
The Bitter gourd has excellent medicinal values. "In ancient times, raw bitter gourd (carilla) was used as a cure for eye troubles, stomach disorders and skin eruptions.The seeds can help to clear up infections of the chest and guts. The seeds became a cure-all of sorts
finding their way into remedies for conditions as different and unrelated to each other as mumps, lumbago, and breast cancer. Juice from crushed leaves is a liver tonic and menstrual regulator; crushed flowers and roots are cough remedies and asthma fix-its. The ripe bitter melon has been shown to exhibit profound anticancer effects, especially in leukaemia.
The Bitter gourd is also used in native medicines of Asia and Africa.
Bitter gourd (Karela) is useful in treating disorders like scabies, itching, psoriasis, ringworm and other fungal diseases.
A cup of fresh juice of bitter gourd mixed with a teaspoon of lime juice should be taken, sip by sip, on an empty stomach daily for 4 to 6 months for the treatment of this disease. Its regular use in endemic regions of leprosy acts as a preventive medicine. Half a cup of fresh bitter gourd juice, mixed with lime juice or half a lemon, taken on an empty stomach once a day will purify and enrich the blood and will clear the skin of blemishes, boils, pimples and other skin diseases. This juice has an antiseptic property and can be used in an emergency to dress minor cuts, wounds and burns.
Alcoholism:
Leaf juice is beneficial in the treatment of alcoholism. It is an antidote for alcohol intoxication. It is also useful in liver damage due to alcoholism. Three teaspoons of the juice mixed with a glass of buttermilk should be taken every morning ideally for a month.
Impotency :
6-9 gms. Powder of dried seeds will relieve impotency.
Fever in Sunstroke :
Cut a bitter gourd from the middle and eliminate its pulp. Fill its cavity with green tea. Unite the 2 halves and suspend to dry in the shadow. Then boil 6-9 g each time and serve like tea.
Dysentery (Inflammation of the Intestines) :
Grind a bitter gourd to make paste, add 100 g. Sugar and mix thoroughly. After 2 hours, squeeze out the juice and drink it to cure dysentry.
Liver Trouble :
For children of 3-8 years, giving 1/2 tsp. Of bitter gourd juice is preventive against liver disorders. In enlarged liver 50 gm juice with water is advised.42
Jaundice :
'/2 tsp. Of fresh juice of bitter gourd with water twice a day cures jaundice. In take of juice should be immediately stopped when the yellowishness in eyes disappears.
Arthritis :
Massage with the juice of bitter gourd on the affected portion, and also eat bitter gourd to cure joint pains.
Leucorrhoea :
To cure leucorrhoea, take '/2 tsp. Of bitter gourd juice twice a day regularly for a month or two.
Piles :
Juice of the fresh leaves of bitter gourd is valuable in piles. Three teaspoonful of leaf juice mixed with a glassful of buttermilk should be taken every morning for about a month in this condition. A paste of the roots of bitter gourd plant can also be applied over piles with beneficial results.
Constipation :
Half a tsp. Of bitter gourd juice twice a day will cure constipation. Bitter gourd generates heat and is harmful if taken in excessive quantity. Always take in small quantities fo smaller period.
Blood Disorders :
Bitter gourd is highly beneficial in the treatment of blood disorders like blood boils, scabies, itching, psoriasis, ringworm and other fungal diseases. A cupful of fresh juice of bitter gourd mixed with a teaspoonful of lime juice should be taken, sip by sip, on empty stomach daily for four to six months in these conditions. Its regular use in endemic regions of leprosy acts as preventive medicine.
The leaves and fruit are excellent sources of Vitamin B, iron, calcium, and phosphorus. It has twice the amount of beta-carotene in broccoli and twice the calcium content of spinach, slight soaking in salty water before cooking removes some of the bitter taste of the fruit. The bitter gourd is cooked and eaten as a vegetable in India and the Far East. Steeping the peeled fruit in salt water before cooking reduces the bitterness. It is also used in pickles and as an ingredient of curries. The seeds of the ripe fruit are used as a condiment in India. The tender shoot and leaves are used as spinach.
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