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The foremost aim of parting our knowledge by writing this article according to Hakeem Hashmi, the world renewed Unani physician is to reach simple Indian home remedies to the world's urban homes who are alienated from traditional practices where patients are often drugged and even over drugged for the most trivial of health problems. Partly due to the patient's impatience and partly due to the utter callousness of commercial medicine the present day man/woman is often over medicated than under medicated. As has been already we have mentioned in our many articles that all these remedies can be made at home with easy with spices vegetables, fruits and flowers found in one's own kitchen in the backyard or the garden. In this article Hakeem Hashmi elaborates the medicinal qualities of bitter gourd or hairy mordica or Karela.
Bitter gourd or Karela is seasonal vegetable and very bitter in taste it is a rich source of phosphorous. The needs of phosphorous in human body are fulfilled by regular use of bitter gourd is invigorating and keeps.
Bitter gourd is a blood purifier, activates spleen and liver and is highly beneficial in diabetes. It is a purgative, appetizer, digestive, anti-inflammatory and has healing capacity.
ARTHRITIES: -
Massage the affected portion with the juice of bitter gourd and also eat bitter gourd to cure joint pains.
DIABETES: -
To cure leucorrhoea, take ½ tsp. of bitter gourd juice twice a day regularly for a month or two.
JAUNDICE: -
Fresh juice of bitter gourd 1-2 tsp. with water twice a day cures jaundice. In take of juice should be immediately stopped when the yellowish ness in eyes disappears.
LIVER TROUBLES: -
For children of 3-8 yrs. Giving ½ tsp. of bitter gourd juice is a preventive against liver disorders. In enlarged liver 50 GM juice with water is advised.
STOMACH WORMS: -
Daily itsp bitter gourd juice in take for sometime destroys stomach worms.
PILES: -
One-tsp. bitter gourd juice with sugar twice a day stops blood oozing from piles.
CONSTIPATION: -
Half a tsp. of bitter gourd juice twice a day will cure constipation.
Bitter gourd generates heat and is harmful if taken excessive quantity. Always take in small quantities for smaller periods Hakeem Hashmi's Karela capsules (bitter gourd capsules) are a very effective food supplement all healing virtues of Karela is effectively preserved in capsules regular in take of these capsules will infuse all the effectiveness Karela to the body system![]()