Bitter Gourd(Karela)




Introduction


          Bitter Gourd is one of the Indians favourite vegetables. Bitter Melon also know as bitter gourd or Karela(in India). It's a unique vegetable-fruit that can be used as food or medicine. Karela is the edible part of the plant Momordica Charantia, which is avine of the Cucurbitaceae family. It's has been considered the most bitter among of all fruits and vegetables. The bitter gourd is usually five to six inches long. Those who cherish bitter gourds buy them at any price in the season of bitter gourds.

The plant thrives in tropical and subtropical regions, including:


  • South America.

  • Asia.

  • Parts of Africa.

  • The Caribbean


 

Qualities


          Bitter gourds are bitter in taste. They are excellent appetiser and cure cough,windings,blood impurities, fever, worms,bile,anaemia and leucoderma. Bitter gourds are stimulant of gastric fire,light for digestion, warm, purgative,soothing and conductive to digestion.

 

Analysis of contents in Bitter Gourd


Water(92.4%)

Protein(11.6%)

Fat(0.2%)

Carbohydrates(4.2%)

Minerals(0.8%)

Calcium(0.02%)

Phosphorus(0.07%)

Iron(2.2 mg/100gm)

Vitamin 'A' (210 I.U./100gm)

Vitamin 'B' (24 I.U/100gm)

Vitamin 'C' (88 mg/100gm)

 

Use



  •        A glass of bitter gourd juice taken on an empty stomach is immediately beneficial to health.

  •       A glass of bitter gourds juice taken on an empty stomach is a sure beneficial for jaundice.


Bitter Gourd Benefits




  • Bitter melon juice purifies blood. 

  • It is an excellent appetiser and eliminates the worms thriving in the intestine.

  • It gives relief in piles.

  • As it is diuretic it relieves the burning in the kidneys. 

  • It dissolves kidney stone.

  • Bitter gourd is advantageous in the cases of diabetes. 

  • Bitter melon is very low in calories carrying just 17 calories per 100 g and it notably contains phyto-nutrient, polypeptide-P, a plant insulin known to lower blood sugar levels.

  • Fresh bitter melon is an excellent source of Vitamin-C. Vitamin-C is one of the powerful natural antioxidants which helps scavenge deterious free radicals from the human body.


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