KARELA
Botanical Name:
Momordica Charantia.
Common Name: Karela (Bitter Guard)
English Name :
Bitter melon,
Bitter cucumber,
Balsam pear
The generic name
"Momordica" comes from Latin meaning "to bite",
referring to the jagged edges of the seed which appears as if the
leaves have been bitten. The plant lives up to its Bitter Melon name
as all parts of the plant including the fruit tastes very bitter.
Parts Used:
Fruits, Leaves.
Origin of Herbs:
The bitter gourd
is a common vegetable cultivated extensively all over the world. 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.
Healing power:
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 hypoglycemic or insulin-like principle, designated as
'plant-insulin', which has been found highly beneficial in lowering
the blood and urine sugar levels.
Skin
diseases :
It
is helpful in the treatment of Boils,
Scabies, Itching, Psoriasis, ring worm and other
fungal diseases. Its regular use in endemic region
of leprosy acts as a preventive medicine. It is
also used as blood purifier.
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.
Eye Problem:
It also provides pain relief from neurological
complications and delays the onset of cataracts
or Retinopathy.
G.I System:
Karela is widely used as appetizer, stomachic and
laxative.
Alcoholism:
Leaf juice is beneficial in the treatment of alcoholism.
It can be used in liver damage due to alcoholism
Anthelmenthes
:
Dry
powder of Karela fruit is used as
anthelmenthes
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.
Piles
:
Paste
of Karela roots powder useful in haemorrhoids for
local application
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