And yes I also remember the fruits are generally left on the vine to ripen for seeds to mature and used for next crop. After removing the seeds the hard dry shell can be used for collecting and storing water like in bottle.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > Just to add Mani ji. If you are prone to common cold and cough then Dudhi > juice is not less than a curse for you. The patients following channel vale > babas, commonly complain about it. In Traditional Healing in general there > is very few general recommendations, there is specific recommendations for > every patient. > > Like other herbs Aonla has its own limitations. In treatment of heart > diseases many of Traditional experts suggest the patients to stop use of > Aonla in any form. But as we are seeing from Television advertisement to > Channel Vale Babas every one is openly recommending Aonla for every one. > > It is general recommendation that Ginger tea is good for cold and cough but > here is also a sign of "Condition apply." Patients having skin troubles > specially Leucoderma or Vitiligo are strictly suggested to avoid Ginger in > any form. The use of Ginger is restricted in alteast ten human diseases. > > So our Traditional experts truly say that the new trend of "Commercial > Ayurveda" is not reducing the future patients but increasing the list of > patients and indirectly assisting the modern systems of medicine like > Allopathy. > > Few months back I published Hindi article showing that how modern fashion > of taking Aloe vera juice is increasing the new patients with colon cancer > alarmingly. If interested, I will forward it to you. > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:47 AM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Gurcharan ji for the info. Dudhi ka halwa is also made from >> this vegetable. The juice when mixed with Awla juice is tasty and good for >> health. >> Bird houses and other decorative articles are made from the fully ripen >> bottle gourd. >> >> Regards, >> Mani. >> >> >
