subject: Bael- Ailment Of Good Health [print this page] Bael usually known as wood apple is considered as indigenous in India and well thought-out as sacred by Hindu as they have been performing rituals from quite a long time. The characteristics of this tree is that its growing process is quite slow while reaching up to moderate size of 40-50 ft approximately, wonderfully its fruit has immense magnetic aroma, yet eaten in plain by mixing it with beverages ,dessert etc..Its pulp paste is mixed with sugar for making jelly or jam that could be seen as a common practice among people in India.
Nutrition ideals of wood apple: for an instance, a hundred gm of wood apple (bael fruit) pulp contains 31 gm of carbohydrate plus two gm of protein, which adds up to nearly 140 calories. Whereas, the ripened fruit is rich in beta-carotene, a pioneer of Vitamin A; it also contains considerable quantities of the B vitamins named as thiamine and riboflavin, besides having small amounts of Vitamin C too. wood apple is often described as astringent and is used in combination with other medicines to cure diseases like in diarrhea and dysentery. The ripe fruit is said to be useful in hiccup and infections of the throat. The fruit is much used in India as a liver and cardiac tonic; effective treatment for hiccough, sore throat and other diseases of the gums.
Note: Wild bael fruit tends to have more tannin than the cultivated ones where the tannin is depleting the body of precious nutrients, and evidence suggests it can cause cancer.
Medicinal and Spiritual significance: Nevertheless, The bael fruit is more popular as medicine than as food. The Yajur Veda indeed mentions the bael tree, but the Charaka Samhita named book was written by scientist in Ayurveda (about 100 BC years ago) mentioned it other medicinal properties. Hindu scriptures flourish in references to the bael tree and its leaves. Especially, devotees of Lord Shiva commonly offer bael leaves to the deity, exclusively on Shivaratri; this probably explains why bael trees are so common near temples. On the other hand you can observe several belief system behind this tree like some people believes that ghosts is living on bael trees, another belief associates its leaves to goddess Lakshmi.
a.Here are some other benefits of Bael:
b.Fresh Bael leaves juice nearly about (25-50 ml) when mixed with sugar can cure stomach pain, constipation among kids.
c.To cure swelling at few joints or limbs, you can make bael leaves paste and apply them on the swollen area. As a result, Oil inside the leaves will sink into skin to cure the swelling.
d.For food allergies and itching of skin, mix fresh bael leaves with ajwain seeds along with salt and eat the paste to reduce irritation.
e.In Bael fruit pulp, add sufficient salt and black pepper powder to increase digestion capacity, hence able to cures constipation.
f.Extract bael juice from wood apple pulp and boil it. Drinking this juice before lunch or dinner will remove excess heat from body.
As a conclusion, regular consumption of bael in any form will your bodys metabolism fit and fine.
