Top Quality Momordica Charantia L

Momordica Charantia L

Herbs Climbing, annual, much branched, tendrils not branched, villous. Leaves Large, reniform-orbicular, about 5 ~ 12 cm long and 12 cm wide, usually 5 ~ 7-parted, Lobes ovate-elliptic, base contracted, margin undulate-toothed, both surfaces nearly smooth or hairy; Petiole 3 ~ 6 cm long. Flowers monoecious. Male flowers solitary, stipitate, 5-15 cm long, bracts at middle or base, bracts reniform-cordate, 5-15 mm wide, entire; Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, Lobes ovate-lanceolate, apex mucronate, 4-6 mm long; Corolla Yellow, 5-lobed, Lobes ovate-elliptic, 1.5 ~ 2 cm long, apex obtuse or retuse; Stamens 3, adnate to throat of Calyx Tube. Female flowers solitary, stalked, 5-10 cm long, bract at base; Ovary Fusiform, spinose, Apex Rostrate, style slender, stigma 3, ovules numerous. Fruit Long Oval, oval or narrow at both ends, 8 ~ 30 cm long, all with obtuse round irregular tubercle, mature orange, from the top 3-valve dehiscence. Seeds ellipsoid, flat, 10-15 mm long, both ends with angular teeth, both sides have uneven stripes, wrapped in the red fleshy Aril. Flowering period 6 ~ 7 months. Fruit period 9 ~ 10 months.

Dried Balsam pear slices, elliptic or rectangular-rounded, ca. 2-8 mm thick, 3-15 cm long, 0.4-2 cm wide, all shriveled, curved, peels Grayish Brown, rough, with longitudinal or warty processes. Sometimes sandwiched between the seeds or seeds left after the hole. Brittle and Brittle. Slightly bitter. Green Edge, white meat, thin slices, children less is better.

Pharmacological Action:

The action of reducing blood sugar. In normal and alloxan diabetic rabbits, the blood sugar was significantly reduced by infusion of Balsam pear juice. In Rats with hyperglycemia induced by subcutaneous injection of Anterior pituitary extract, the aqueous extract of Balsam Pear Syrup also had hypoglycemic effect. ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L to rabbits can lower blood sugar in a similar but stronger way to tolbutamide. The effect of MOMORDICA L on lowering blood sugar has not completely disappeared in the cats with pancreas removed. Therefore, its hypoglycemic effect includes both pancreatic and non pancreatic effects. The hypoglycemic effect of Balsam pear juice and fruit dry extract on normal and diabetic rabbits is also considered to be inexact. Alcohol extracts from Momordica Charantia L. taken orally by diabetics did not lower blood sugar.