Its juice is used in home medicine for tumors, diabetes, constipation, fever colic and many other maladies.
Bitter melon is a useful agent or treating infectious caused by retrovirus, and is being investigated as a source of chemicals that can be used to prevent the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus.
In Amazon, bitter melon juice or tea has been traditionally used to treat diarrhea, wounds, infections and parasites.
Bitter melon improves the body’s ability to use blood sugar and improves glucose tolerance. Animal study showed that bitter melon juice may cause a renewal and recovery of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.
Bitter melon is an excellent source of vitamin C, folic acid, zinc, potassium, and dietary fiber; a very good source of thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin E, magnesium and manganese and a good source of panthoithenicn acid and copper.
Ingestion of excessive amounts of bitter melon juice can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea. Anyone with hypoglycemia should not take bitter melon.
Bitter melon juice
