Bitter Melon Uses

Bitter melon, also called bitter gourd, is a vegetable used mainly in eastern cuisine and traditional eastern medicines. It's a bitter vegetable, and the younger it is the more bitter it tastes. Does this Spark an idea?

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Traditional Eastern Medicine
- Traditional Eastern medicine uses bitter melon for illnesses and ailments including urinary stones, high blood pressure, fevers, ulcers, gas, colic, skin conditions, and menstruation inducement. Oil from the seeds is used on wounds.
  
  Bitter melon is also used to stimulate digestion.
Modern Medicine
- Compounds found in bitter melon may be useful in treating HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus--see resource 1).
Culinary
- Bitter melon is used in a wide variety of cooking from Chinese, Japanese and Taiwanese cooking to Indian cooking. In these cuisines, bitter melon is an ingredient in such things as teas, soups, beer, stir-fry and dishes unique to each region.
Nutrition
- Bitter melon contains vitamins C, folate, A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, K and the minerals calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and zinc. This makes it useful for obtaining daily requirements of nutrients.
Financial
- Bitter melon may become a cash crop in Asia, as hybridization of a new kind of bitter melon has been developed to be a better quality melon and less bitter.

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Anna May 30, 2011
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