CUSTARD APPLE FOR CARDIAC DISEASE, CANCER
Custard
apple botanically known as Annona squamosa L , family annonaceae, commonly
known as sitaphal.It is completely naturalized in India. Found growing gregariously
in hilly tracts and waste lands. The fruit has a pleasant flavor . It can be
made in to drinks , and fermented liquor. It contains glucose, saccharose, protein,
ascorbic acid, alkaloids, vitamins. The unripe fruit, seed, and root are used
MEDICINAL USES
1.
Cardiac
disease - Custard
apples contain anti-oxidants like Vitamin
C , which helps to fight free radicals in our body. It is also high in
potassium and magnesium that protects our heart from cardiac disease.
2.
Blood
pressure- It controls blood pressure
3. Skin-
Custard apples contain Vitamin A, which keeps
your skin and hair healthy.
4. Cancer-
It is found to have anticancerous properties against human epidermal carcinoma
of the nasopharynx in tissue culture.
5. Ripe
fruit bruised and mixed with salt is applied to malignant tumors to hasten
suppuration and healing
6. As they are high in magnesium, they equalise
the water balance in our body, which helps in removing acids from the joints
and reduces the symptoms of rheumatism and arthritis. If you feel tired and
weak more often than usual, then have this fruit in your daily diet, as the potassium
present in it will help to fight muscle weakness.
7. This fruit is also known to be great for eyes,
and cures indigestion problems. It's important to include this fruit in your
diet, as the copper content helps to cure constipation, and helps to treat
diarrhoea and dysentery.
8. The
unripe fruit is useful in destroying insects and lices
9. The
fruit seeds are also abortifacient
10. Fresh
leaf juice applied to nostrils in hysteria and fainting
11. Dried
powdered unripe fruits or bruised leaves effective in healing ulcers
12. Intake
of 31/2 leaves of castor apple with salt checks fever with rigor
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