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Bael tree details and medicinal

uses
19. December 2013 Anupama (http://www.bimbima.com/health/author
/Anupama.aspx)

Bael(Aegle Marmelos) or Bilva is a medium sized deciduous sacred tree native

to India and cultivated all over India. Its every part has medicinal properties.
Bael root is one of the ingredients of famous Ayurvedic formulation 'Dashmula'.

Here are details of Bael (Aegle Marmelos) Tree

Overview
General information
Medicinal remedies

Overview of Aegle marmelos (Aegle Marmelos)

Tree
Its Leaves contain an alkaloid rutacin which is hypoglycaemic and is useful in

treating high blood pressure and diabetes. Leaves and fruits are useful in
controlling diarrhoea and dysentery. Bael fruit has cooling effect and causes
constipation. Raw bael fruit is consumed for treatment of ailments such as
arthritis and gout. Ripe fruit is taken during summer to keep the body and mind
cool. Bael also helps to sharpen intellect and concentration of mind.
Bael root, bark, leaves and fruits are hypoglycaemic, astringent and febrifuge.
Its root, stem and bark are antidiarrheal and antivenin. Leaf is anti-inflammatory,
expectorant, anticatarrhal, antiasthamatic, antiulcerous and ophthalmic. Flower
is emetic. Unripe fruit is stomachic and demulcent. Ripe fruit is antigonorrhoeal,
cardiotonic, restorative, laxative, antitubercular, antidysenteric and
antiscorbutic. Seed is anthelmintic and antimicrobial.

General information
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Latin name: Aegle marmelos
Family: Rutaceae
Sanskrit: Shriphala
English: English: Bael tree,
Bengal Quince, golden apple,
stone apple, wood apple
Assamese: Bael, Vael
Bengali: Bela, Bilva
English: Bengal Quince, Bael fruit
Guajarati: Bill, Bilum, Bilvaphal
Hindi: Bela, Sriphal, Bel
Kannada: Bilva
Kashmiri: Bel
Malayalam: Koovalam
Marathi: Bel, Baela
Oriya: Bela
Punjabi: Bil
Tamil: Vilvam
Telugu: Maredu

Urdu: Bel

Here are few remedies that can be done at home

using Aegle Marmelos or wood apple to cure
various ailments.
Asthma
Grind Bael leaves (5 gms). Add 1 spoon of honey. Take orally in morning
and evening.

High Blood Pressure

Extract juice of bael leaves, add honey and take twice a day.

Jaundice
Extract juice of soft bael leaves (100). Mix with the powder of black
pepper (10). Take the mixture every morning and evening.

Diarrhoea
Dry raw bael fruit pulp. The dried pulp helps to cure diarrhoea.

Dysentery
Eat fresh bel fruit to cure dysentery.

Anaemia
Dry pulp of bel fruit and grind it to make powder. Add (one spoonful) in
boiled cow milk. Take this twice a day in morning and evening.

Vomiting nausea during pregnancy

One spoon of raw fruit pulp if taken twice a day stops frequent vomiting
nausea during pregnancy.

Typhoid
Grind bael leaves (200). Boil in one cup of water till it becomes thick. Take
this paste with a little honey twice or thrice a day.

Improving concentration and intelligence

Take ripe bael fruit with fresh cream and misri.

Diabetes
Chew few Bael leaves empty stomach in the morning.

Fractures
Take pulp of raw bael fruit. Dry it and grind it to powder form. Mix 10 gm
of powder, 50 gm of pure ghee, spoonful of turmeric powder in a glass
of lukewarm water, stir well. Drink twice a day.

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