Bitter melon is also known as karela, bitter gourd, balsam apple, African cucumber and ampalaya. Botanically, this plant is known as Momordica charantia – it is a member of the gourd family, along with its cousins, pumpkin, acorn squash and zucchini. The plant itself is a tropical vine and looks a bit like a very warty cucumber! Bitter melon has been used in a number of traditional medicines as a treatment for diabetes.
All you have to do is wash the bitter gourd and peel its skin, then cut the bitter gourd into pieces.
Apply a bit of salt and turmeric on it then mix it together.
Hold it for some time then extract the juice from it.
You can also add little extract of lemon to the juice.
The juice will be bitter, but no matter how bitter it gets do not add any sugar, even if it is the sugar for diabetic people or honey.
You have to drink the juice as it is as the bitterness will do wonder for diabetic people.
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Bitter melon is also known as karela, bitter gourd, balsam apple, African cucumber and ampalaya. Botanically, this plant is known as Momordica charantia – it is a member of the gourd family, along with its cousins, pumpkin, acorn squash and zucchini. The plant itself is a tropical vine and looks a bit like a very warty cucumber! Bitter melon has been used in a number of traditional medicines as a treatment for diabetes.
You have to drink the juice as it is as the bitterness will do wonder for diabetic people.