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

         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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