Bitter gourd (Bitter Melon) reduces several blood-sugar control markers, including hemoglobin A1c and fructosamine.
Bitter gourd has a high fiber content and few calories, which aid in weight loss. The bitter gourd contains potassium, zinc, iron, and vitamin folate, all of which are crucial for a fetus’s growth and development of the nervous system.
Eating bitter gourd is considered good for health. You should eat bitter gourd at least once a week. Because it has many medicinal properties compared to other vegetables. It is easily digested after eating. Bitter gourd is a source of protein, calcium, carbohydrates, phosphorus and vitamin A and C. However, bitter gourd is fried and fried in oil to make it tasty. Most people eat bitter gourd after deep frying it.
Due to this, the elements in bitter gourd are destroyed. It is better to eat bitter gourd as much as possible. It is also more delicious when it is consumed in the evening. Fresh bitter gourd can be made into pickle and juice.
Bitter gourd — also known as bitter melon or Momordica charantia — is a tropical vine that belongs to the gourd family and is closely related to zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and cucumber.
It’s cultivated around the world for its edible fruit, which is considered a staple in many types of Asian cuisine. The Chinese variety is typically long, pale green, and covered with wart-like bumps.
Benefits of eating bitter gourd:
Bitter gourd is beneficial for liver patients, bitter gourd cleans the blood and increases hemoglobin. Bitter gourd maintains good digestion, stimulates appetite, it is good for asthma patients to consume bitter gourd.
Mixing bitter gourd juice with lemon and drinking it with water helps control weight, bitter gourd is cooling, so it works well for patients born from heat. Cough patients should consume bitter gourd, bitter gourd can be a panacea for diabetes as it controls sugar level.
Bitter gourd is used in various medicines in Ayurvedic medicine. In particular, it is used to diagnose high blood pressure, diabetes, rheumatism, and other diseases. According to Unani medicine, it cures urinary diseases, keeps the brain healthy, and cures phlegm and phlegm. Its use helps in stone disease, paralysis and rheumatism.
Iron is essential for blood and phosphorus is essential for bones, teeth, brain and other body parts. Its supply can be obtained from bitter gourd.
Bitter gourd in medicine:
If you have ringworm, take 1/1 teaspoon of bitter gourd juice in the morning on an empty stomach for three days, and the ringworm will disappear. In case of jaundice, if you mix one spoon of bitter gourd juice with half a spoon of gram powder and eat it in the morning/evening, the disease of jaundice will be cured within two weeks.
If patients with high blood pressure eat bitter gourd juice or vegetables in the morning, the high blood pressure will decrease.
Every part of bitter gourd like fruits, leaves, seeds, roots etc. is used for the treatment of various diseases. If you have ringworm in your stomach, if you squeeze bitter gourd seeds and consume it, it will help to get rid of the ringworm in your stomach.
If small children are having diarrhea or vomiting, if three bitter gourd seeds and three chilies are crushed and fed with water, the diarrhea or vomiting will stop.
Bitter gourd as fruit:
50 milliliters of bitter gourd juice mixed with a little bit of asafoetida (Hing) will make urine clear. If a diabetic patient eats a spoonful of bitter gourd powder in the morning and evening, it works as insulin. Leaf: Grinding bitter gourd leaves and applying them as a paste cures skin diseases. Similarly, it is beneficial to apply it on the burnt area. If the leaves of bitter gourd are heated in the fire and eaten with pink salt before meals, it is beneficial in acidosis.
If you suspect that you have cholera during rainy season or if you are in the first stage of cholera, drinking bitter gourd juice or leaf juice is beneficial. For this, two teaspoons of juice should be mixed with the same amount of white onion juice.
Bitter gourd root:
Grind bitter gourd root and make a paste and apply it on piles, it is beneficial. By mixing an equal amount of honey or basil juice with the juice of bitter gourd root and eating it every night for a month, you can get relief from respiratory diseases like colds, asthma, bronchitis, throat diseases etc.
