Bel, Aegal Marmelos or Wood Apple has many benefits and uses such as to cure tuberculosis, hepatitis, constipation, peptic ulcer, piles. It can cure problems like bleeding gums, dysentery, asthma, jaundice, anaemia etc. It’s one of the few Ayurvedic plants whose entire parts from root to leaves are used for different diseases.
HERE ARE THE TOP 10 MEDICINAL BENEFIT OF BEL & BELPATRA
- The presence of tannin in the bael fruit helps in curing diseases like diarrhoea and cholera. The dried powder of the fruit is used to treat chronic diarrhoea. It is also used to treat anaemia, ear and eye disorders.
- Bael contains certain antioxidants that help in fighting gastric ulcers. This type of ulcer is caused due to the imbalance in the acidic level in the stomach.
- The extract of bael leaf can be used to control the cholesterol level in blood which makes the bael leaves highly therapeutic too.
- Dried powder of raw bael mixed with turmeric and ghee can work wonders on fractured bones.
- The oil extracts from bael can be used to cure respiratory disorders like asthma or cold. It also provides resistance to cold when applied on the scalp before a head bath.
- The extract of bael fruit has antimicrobial functions. It also has anti viral and anti fungal properties that help in treating various infections in the body.
- The juice of ripe bael fruit when mixed with ghee and added to daily diet prevents heart diseases. It is a traditional method of testing diseases like heart strokes and attacks
- Bael being rich in Vitamin C is capable of curing scurvy which is caused due to the deficiency of vitamin c and affects blood vessels.
- Bael is rich in laxatives which energizes the pancreas and makes it produce enough amount of insulin which is necessary to control sugar level in the blood.
- Bael fruit, added with a small amount ofblack pepper & salt to the pulp, is said to be the best natural medicine to cure constipation. It can also be taken in the form of sherbet (juice) to cure constipation.
