BITTER GOURD

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 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 K arel

a. 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.

ARTHRITIS:-

With the juice of bitter gourd massage the affected portion and also eat bitter gourd to cure joint pains.

DIABETES: –

Take 5-10 GM of bitter gourd juice with or without water 3 times a day for 2-3 months- it will eliminate sugar problem. Regular in take of bitter gourd along with your food helps to control diabetes effectively.

LEUCORRHOEA:-

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 in eyes disappears.

LIVER TROUBLE :-

For children of 3-8 yrs. Giving ½ tsp of bitter gourd juice is a preventive agent liver disorders.

In enlarged liver 50 gm juice with water is advised

STOMACH WORMS:-

Daily a tea spoon bitter gourd juice in take foe 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 period.

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.

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BITTER GOURD CAPSULE
HERBAL PROPERTIES AND ACTIONS
Main Actions	Other Actions
kills bacteria	reduces inflammation
kills viruses	fights free radicals
kills cancer cells	enhances libido
kills leukemia cells	cleanses blood
prevents tumors	detoxifies
treats diabetes	expels worms
reduces blood sugar	balances hormones
reduces blood pressure	enhances immunity
lowers body temperature	mildly laxative
lowers cholesterol	promotes milk flow
Evades blood impurity	Treats Piles
Acts as a wonderful purgative	Helps in curing Leprosy
Fights Skin diseases	Helps in Alcoholism
Lowers Respiratory disorder	Fights Cholera
Cures Infections	Performs the function of Anathematic

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Karela or commonly known as bitter gourd contains a polypeptide that is very similar to bovine insulin. This polypeptide is known as Gurmarin, (a polypeptide). This polypeptide has been found in experimental studies to attain a supportive sugar adaptable consequence by suppressing the neural retort to sweet taste stimuli. Karela or the bitter gourd fruit is often used in the Indian subcontinent as a diet and is well-known as a folk medicine for the most speared life style disorder commonly known as diabetes mellitus.

Bitter melon or karela or bitter gourd is rich in iron (Fe) content and has two times the beta carotene of broccoli, two times the calcium (Ca) of spinach, two times the potassium (K) of bananas, and possesses vitamins C (ascorbic acid) and B1 (thymine) to 3, phosphorus (P) and outstanding dietary fiber.

Bitter melon is thought to be outstanding for the liver related disorders and has been established by western scientists to hold insulin, perform as an anti-tumor agent, and restrain HIV-1 infection. At least thirty two energetic constituents have been recognized in bitter melon or karela or bitter gourd so far, jointly with beta-sitosterol-d-glucoside, citrulline, GABA, lutein, lycopene and zeaxanthin. Nutritional analysis reveals that bitter melon or karela or bitter gourd is also well-off in potassium (K), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), beta-carotene, and vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3 and vitamin C (Ascorbic acid).
Benefits of Karela / Bitter Melon/ bitter gourd

Karela / Bitter Melon/ bitter gourd is extremely beneficial in treat

ing Diabetes mellitus.

Karela / Bitter Melon/ bitter gourd helps in lowering blood sugar levels and also helps in suppressing

sugar out flow in urine.

Karela / Bitter Melon/ bitter gourd help to attain supportive sugar regulating outcome by suppressing the neural retort to sweet taste stimuli.

Karela has exposed significant antilipolytic and lipogenic movement.

Bitter gourd is an outstanding blood purifier and helps in maintaining good and clear skin

Bitter Melon treats worm infestations and also helps in evading parasitic attack

Bitter gourd excite pancreas, spleen and liver and helps in admirable absorption of food in the GI tract

Karela is helpful as an emetic, purgative, as an anthelmentic, in piles, and jaundice
Directions for taking Karela

One to two capsules two to three times a day later than meals or as directed by physician

A very talked about herb world wide having powers to keep the blood sugar level as well helps in the infection in the body.

It helps in triggering the endocrine structure of the body. Also well-known as Momordica charantia in Latin and bitter melon gourd in general. It also helps in maintaining the bodies’ activity in the body.