KARELA
Botanical Name:
Momordica Charantia.
Common Name: Karela (Bitter
Guard)
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 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.
Healing
power:
Several research trials
followed the discovery, culminating in studies examining
Bitter Gourd's effectiveness in humans.
Diabeties :
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.
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.
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.
Ayurvedic
supplements That contains Karela:
Diabet Guard
Karela Capsules
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