Home made Remedies-Apple

The proverb "An apple a day keeps the doctor away.", or " To eat an apple before going to bed, will make the doctor beat his breast" addresing the health effects of the fruit.
Considered as of the best of fruits, Apple is generally found in Europe and Asia where there is cold climate.
There are many varieties of Apple : Golden Delicious, Prince Albert, Charles Rolls, Newton Wonder, Red Soilder, are famous all over the world.

• It has been said that never remove the covering of apple as it contains many useful ingredient, but since now a days many shopkeepers and farmers use different chemicals, wax and other harmful chemicals on the covering of apple, to keep it fresh, it has been advised that atleast for the children, the apple should be given by removing the upper covering.
• By cutting apple into small pieces and mix it with sugar, it tastes very much sweet. By eating this sugar, early in the morning, empty stomach, is very useful, this reduces the blood pressure, it removes the harmful virus from our body.
• Eating apple before going to bed helps in keeping your mind calm and helps in good sleep.
• If you have continous fever with change in climate or with little hardwork you are getting fever, or even the fever comes and goes routinely, then eating apple daily after meals , or even having a aplle diet, can cure you from such disease.
• Alongwith fever if you have hypersensitivity reactions, decrease in appetite, liquid stools, constipation, for such patient eating apple daily will reduce this problems in some days.
• For obese person, who cant do hardwork, can get tired of little walking, have to drink water regularly, the apple diet can be very much useful.
• Those who have heart disease, eating a apple daily reduces the problems.

Apple is use in many medicine

• Research suggests that apples may reduce the risk of colon cancer(The fiber content, while less than in most other fruits, helps regulate bowel movements and may thus reduce the risk of colon cancer), prostate cancer and lung cancer.
• Compared to many other fruits and vegetables, apples contain relatively low amounts of vitamin C, but are a rich source of other antioxidant compounds.
• They may also help with heart disease, weight loss, and controlling cholesterol. The fiber contained in apples reduces cholesterol by preventing reabsorption, and (like most fruits and vegetables) they are bulky for their caloric content.

Apple is never used in ayurveda as alone medicine, but is used in preparation of many medicine

• By making small pieces of apple and keeping it in glass bowel in presence of sun, then eating that apple daily atleast for a month can make your body strong.
• By taking 4 small branches of apple tree and baking in water for 15 min, then add to it lemon juice, add sugar in it and drinking it can reduce nausea, vomiting , fatigue problem.
• By baking apple superficially and eating it can reduce the indigestion problem.
• By adding soda in apple juice and then brushing it on teeth and gums can reducethe blood coming from gums.
• By cutting apple in pieces and then baking it, then apply the piece on eyes can reduce the eye sight problems.

Here are some of the more benefits of apple:
Bone Protection - apples may protect post-menopausal women from osteoporosis and may also increase bone density. Apples, also strengthens bones.
Asthma Help
Children with asthma who drank apple juice on a daily basis suffered from less wheezing than children who drank apple juice only once per month. Even children born to women who eat a lot of apples during pregnancy have lower rates of asthma than children whose mothers ate few apples.
Lower Cholesterol
The pectin in apples lowers LDL ("bad") cholesterol. People who eat two apples per day may lower their cholesterol by as much as 16 percent.
Diabetes Management
The pectin in apples supplies galacturonic acid to the body which lowers the body's need for insulin and may help in the management of diabetes.
Weight Loss
A Brazilian study found that women who ate three apples or pears per day lost more weight while dieting than women who did not eat fruit while dieting.

•  Detoxify the body and has an antiviral property
• Apple will also prevent constipation because it helps digestion
• For people who suffer from gout and rheumatism, eat apple regularly because it will aid healing
•  Drinking an apple juice, 3 times a day, is said to prevent virus from settling in the body.
• Another benefit of apple is for those who have problem with their stomach. If you have problem with indigestion, eat apples before meals.

Tips :

1) Never buy apples that have not been kept cold since they can be over-ripe in a few days.

2) Apples should be hard. If you can dent an apple with your finger, DO NOT BUY IT.

3) Keep your apples refrigerated. If not, it will decay fast.

4) To prevent browning, rub the cut surfaces with a mixture of lemon juice and water.