MOMORDICA CHARANTIA: A REMEDY FOR GALL BLADDER COLIC
MOMORDICA
CHARATIA
BOTANICAL NAME—Momordica
charantia
FAMILY—Cucurbitaceae
COMMON NAMES—English—Bitter
gourd; Hindi-Karela ; Malayalam-Paval; Tamil-Pavakka-chedi; Telegu—Kakara.
DESCRIPTION—A climbing
plant with more or less hairy stem. Leaves are 5 lobed, toothed, more or less
villous on the underside. Pale middle sized flowers appear in May to
August. Fruit is oblong or ovate, more
or less tubercle and dentate. There are two verities , one with a small rounded
fruit and the other lomger and more cucumber-like.
DISTRIBUTION—Cultivated
throughout India and also grows wild.
PART USED—The fresh ripe fruit.
HOMOEOPATHIC
USES
FEVER—High temperature due
to undeveloped small pox or measles. It helps the appearance of eruptions.
DIARRHEA—Cholera like
symptoms. Abdomen seems full of fluid discharged explosively , which is thin,
watery and yellow. Cramps, great thirst and prostration.
COUGH—Watery discharge
from eyes and nose with cough and nausea.
COLIC—Gall bladder
symptoms. Colicky pains, starting from back, spreading over abdomen.
POTENCY—Mother tincture
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