A SPIRITUALLY CONNECTED
FRUIT - BAEL (WOOD APPLE)
Bael or wood apple is a native tree
of India. It has enormous medicinal values. Perhaps that is why, it has been
linked to the god by ancient sages. The leaves of the tree are offered to lord
Shiva, especially on shivratri.
Three leaflets denoting I, me, and
mine are offered to God, which means to shed all of your ego in the feet of
God. Each part of this tree is used to cure different types of diseases.
My friend, who is a yoga guru,
suggested me to try bael juice. Since long, I have been also thinking about
this fruit. So I went to the fruit market, which boasts of having,, all kinds
of seasonal fruits.
I had a glimpse of all kinds of
summer fruits there, like melons, plums, apricots, mangoes, peaches and off
course, bael fruit. These are all mighty fruits, full of so many nutrients.
These yummy fruits can definitely
help us to become beautiful and strong. I came back with some of the
nutritionally abundant summer fruits. The recipe of bael juice, which I tried,
is mentioned below –
BAEL JUICE
RECIPE-
Ingredients-
Bael- 100 gm
Lemon – 1
Black salt, Black Pepper, Roasted
jeera, Sugar – acc. To taste
Method- Scoop out the pulp of the
fruit after breaking its hard shell. Mix water (double the amount of pulp) into
the pulp. Mash the pulp in the water. Strain the mixture in a strainer with big
holes. Add and mix salt, pepper, sugar and jeera.
Sipping bael juice, believe me guys,
feels like blessing from heaven. It is so delicious and nutritious. I felt as
if each cell of my
body is thanking me for providing it this wonderful drink.J
body is thanking me for providing it this wonderful drink.J
NUTRITIONAL VALUE
Bael fruit is full of nutrients. It
has vitamin A, B1and B2 (thiamine and riboflavin), calcium, potassium,
phosphorus, vitamin C, protein and iron.
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
· It
has anti fungal and anti parasitic properties. So increases the immunity of the
body.
- Bael fruit is very good for
increasing digestive capacities of our body. It has lots of fiber. So it
eradicates constipation.
- It is also good for peptic ulcer and
piles.
- As it is a good detoxifying agent. It is a good liver and cardiac tonic.
- As it has so many nutrients, it revs
up metabolism of the body. Thus it is a good energy booster also.
- Snakes bites can be cured by using
any part of the plant.
- The juice of the leaves has oil which
can reduce the inflammation of the joints. So paste of leaves can be applied to
the painful joints.
- The bark of the trunk and branches
has feronia gum, which can control diabetes.
- It can cure dysentery also.
- The pulp can be taken with ginger and
jaggery to increase milk production by nursing mothers.
- By regular consumption of the fruit
we can prevent breast cancer also.
As it has multiple beneficial effects
on our body. So we should give a chance to this fruit this summer. People who
have tendency of flatulence should consume this fruit in less quantity. One who
is trying this for the first time, eat a little of it to see if he/she is not
allergic to it.
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