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Bottle gourd is grown widely in India and the fruits in green stage are used as preparation for some sweets and as vegetables. This vegetable has hard shell. It is used for many things, such as they are made into water jugs, musical instrument, floats for fishing nets, domestic utensils and other purposes.
This vegetable has vitamin A,B,C, fibre, sulphur, potassium, sodium, magnesium and iron.
Medicine :
- The leaves, young stem and pulp has many medicinal benefit as their extract can be used to cure ear ache. The pulp can be used as poultice on eyes as it can relieve pain and eye strain.
- It is used as strong purgative as the bitter fruits are poisonous.
- Bitter gourd juice can treat ulcer, indigestion and stomach acidity.
- The juice can also help people to reduce weight.
- It is rich in fibre which helps to prevent constipation and other digestion problem such as piles and flatulence.
- It can also help to cure urinary problem as it serves as an alkaline mixture.
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