Benefits of Bitter Melon / Bitter Guard
Benefits of Bitter Melon / Bitter Guard Bitter melon is reported to help in the treatment of diabetes and psoriasis it has also been reported that bitter melon may help in the treatment of HIV bitter melon is the English name of Momordica charantia. Bitter melon is also known by the names Karela and balsam pear. Bitter melon grows in tropical areas including parts of East Africa, Asia, The Caribbean and South America where it is used as a food as well as a medicine. It is a green cucumber shaped fruit with gourd-like bumps all over. It looks like an ugly light green cucumber, the fruit should be firm like a cucumber and it tastes very bitter. A bitter melon have all been used, the fruit is the safest and most prevalent part of the plant used medicinally. The leaves and fruit have both been used occasionally to make teas and beer or to season soups in the western world. Bitter melon was traditionally used for a dazzling array of conditions by people in tropical r...