Its many properties are well known to all diabetic patients, who especially consume its juice and its cooked dish. The following text details about its many more bitter gourd benefits and properties.
Generally, it is grown all over India. Its stem is soft and hairy. Leaves are 1-5 inch broad, round with deep serrated corners and are divided into 5-7 sections. Flowers are shiny, yellow in colour. Fruits are 1-5 inch long and thick from middle and pointed towards both the ends. Fruits have triangular eruptions which give them a rough surface. When ripe, they turn yellow in colour.
chemical composition of bitter gourd
Bitter Gourd Benefits, It contains a fragrant volatile oil, carotene, glucosides, Saponin and mamoridisine alkaloid. Seeds contain 32 percent purgative oil.
bitter gourd’s properties
It is bitter, and It promotes digestive functions, is purgative, bitter and cold. It is light and cures cough, anaemia, infection of wounds, burning sensation, dermatoses and is anti-pyretic.It is cool, purifies excretory system, purgative, slightly bitter and does not cause rata. It cures fever, blood disorders, cough, jaundice, diabetes, and is anthelmintic.
bitter gourd benefits and it’s medicinal usage
Headache
Take 10-1 2ml juice of its leaves and mix cow’s ghee and juice of pittapapada Apply this paste on the forehead. It cures headache.
Skin disorders
Mix its whole plant, cinnamon, peepar and rice in oil of wild almonds and apply this oil on the affected area. It cures itching and such related skin disorders.
Sexual vigour
Thicken the juice of its leaves and fruits on fire and then prepare tablets of 3 gm each. Give a little amount of milk to the patient and then give 1 tablet to be swallowed followed by little amount of honey. It improves sexual power.
Eye disorders
In case of haziness and night blindness, take a rusting iron vessel. Rub the Juice of its leaves and a black pepper in it and apply it as eyeliner in the eyes and also apply it around the eyes.
Fever caused due to exposure to cold
In this fever, before the patient starts shivering due to cold, give 10-15 ml of its juice with cumin seed powder mixed in it. Give this to the patient thrice a day.
Ear pain
Warm the juice of its fresh leaves or fruits and put a few drops in the ear.
Jaundice
Give 10-15 ml juice of its leaves with black myrobalan grinded in it. It is beneficial in curing jaundice.
Bleeding piles
Give 50-100 ml decoction of the upper thick part of its root with sugar mixed in it, every morning and evening.
Menstrual cycle
Take 10-15 ml juice of its leaves and mix powder of ginger root, black pepper and peepal in it. Give this to the patient thrice a day. It purifies menstrual cycle.
Diabetes
It is very beneficial in curing diabetes. It activate the pancreatic cells and enhances the production of insulin. Shade-dry the fruits and prepare its fine powder. Give 3-6 gm of this powder with water or honey.
Calculus
Mix 30 gm juice of its green leaves with 15 gm curd and give this to the patient followed by 50 gm butter mak. Continue this for 3 days and then stop for next 3 days. Again continue this for 4 days and then stop for next 4 days. Similarly continue this for 5 days. Pathy. Give only rice and khichadi.
Intestinal worms
Give juice of its 10-12 leaves. It kills the worms in intestines.
other bitter gourd benefits
- Give the same treatment for blood purification also.
- Give 10-12 gm juice of its fresh fruits regularly. The fruit can also be cooked and given to the patient for diabetes.
- Grind its root and apply the paste on the boils of piles.
- Give 50-100 ml decoction of its root with sesame oil mixed in it for
- Give 10-15 ml juice of its leaves with honey mixed in it. It is beneficial in curing ascites.
- Give 10-15 ml juice of its leaves or fruits with mustard seeds and salt mixed in it. It is beneficial in curing arthritis.
- Boil its 20 gm leaves and give to the lactating woman. It increases the production of milk and purifies blood.
- Give 6 gm juice of its leaves with turmeric mixed in it. It causes vomiting thus resulting in cleansing of the stomach.
- Grind dried fruit in vinegar, warm the paste and apply on throat. It cures the swelling of throat.
- Give 10-12 gm juice of leaves with little amount of vinegar or rock salt mixed in it. It causes vomiting and purgation and cures the disorders.
