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Plant
Remedies Bitter Gourd
Bitter Gourd
Latin name: Momordica Charantia
Sanskrit / Indian names: Karavella, Kathilla
For many years the
fruits have been employed in India as a remedy for diabetes mellitus, the
principle constituents being lectins, charantin and momordicine.
Significant antilipolytic and lipogenic activities have been shown by
lectins from the bitter gourd.
The leaves, fruits and
extracts have medicinal uses as well as possessing pharmacological
properties.
It can be employed as:
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- An
anthelmentic
- An emetic
- A purgative
- In piles
- Bilious affections
- Burning soles of the feet
- Jaundice
- Leprosy
- An astringent in hemorrhoids
- A vermifuge
- A stomachic
- An antioxytocic
- An antispasmodic
- A
hypoglycemic
- An antipyretic
- A mild hypotensive
- Anorectic and for the potentiation of ACh
- Inhibition of ACh of skelatal muscle
- Histamine and BaCI2 induced contractions |
References:
- Malhotra, S.C. Edr.
Pharmacological Investigations of Certain Medicinal Plants and
Compound Formulations Used in Ayurveda and Siddha. CCRAS, New Delhi.
1996, 182.
- Akhtar, M.S. et.al.
Effect of M.charantia on blood sugar level of normal and alloxan
diabetic rabbits. Planta Med. 1981, 42(3), 205-12.
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