Introduction
Custard apple is a vine and is planted in the fields. Custard apple is round, small and raised outwards. Custard apple has many black and smooth seeds. There is a sweet kernel around its seeds which is consumed. Custard apple is nutritious and sweet. Some people also know Custard apple by the name of Ramphal. Custard apple is very cold and excessive consumption causes cold.
Properties
Custard apple is sweet and nutritious in taste. Custard apple is very cold, destroys bile, stops vomiting, quenches thirst, produces phlegm and produces gas. It increases muscles and blood. It increases strength, removes heart disease and strengthens the body. Raw Custard apple is useful in diarrhea and stomach pain. Its seeds heal wounds of animals. Consuming powder of Custard apple seeds causes abortion. Applying the peel of ripe custard apple on wounds kills germs. Grinding its leaves and tying them on boils cures boils.
It is beneficial to consume custard apple in diseases like weakness of the body, increased heartbeat, restlessness, loose heart muscles etc. It cures Bhasmak disease (feeling hungry repeatedly).
According to scientists: Custard apple contains iron, thiamine, calcium, riboflavin, niacin and vitamin B1, B2 and vitamin C and sugar in large quantities.
Harmful effects
Consuming too much of custard apple causes cold and fever. Those who have a slow digestive system or cold should not consume custard apple. Custard apple seeds cause irritation if they enter the eyes.
Treatment of various diseases
1. Gallbladder disease:
By keeping ripe Sitaphal in a container at night and consuming it in the morning, the burning sensation of bile ends.
2. Insanity:
Powder of Sitaphal root is given in insanity. It causes diarrhea and cures insanity.
3. Urination problem:
By rubbing the root of Sitaphal vine in water and drinking it, the blocked urine starts coming.
4. Stopping of menstruation:
If the menstruation has stopped, then grind the seeds of Sitaphal and make a wick and keep this wick in the vagina. By using this, the stopped menstruation starts.
5. Hysteria:
If a woman suffering from hysteria has repeated fainting attacks, then extract the juice of Sitaphal leaves and put a few drops in the nose. This cures unconsciousness.
6. Worms in the wound:
Make chutney by grinding custard apple leaves and mix rock salt in it and make a bundle. Tying this bundle on the wound kills the worms in the wound.
7. Respiratory disease:
By making a decoction of the bark of custard apple and drinking it every morning and evening, breathing (asthma) disease is cured.
8. Excessive lice:
By grinding the seeds of custard apple and applying it on the head, lice die.
9. Excessive hunger-related disease:
By consuming custard apple daily, bhasmak (frequent hunger) disease is cured.
10. Abortion:
Consuming custard apple seeds powder in the amount of 5 to 10 grams or decoction of approximately one-fourth of 1 gram 4 times a day causes abortion.
11. Gallstones:
A patient suffering from gallstones should drink 25 ml of custard apple juice mixed with rock salt every day. This dissolves the stones and eliminates them.
12. Allergy:
Allergy is cured by grinding the seeds of custard apple and licking them with honey 3 times a day.
13. Nahrua:
A patient suffering from Nahrua disease should grind the leaves of custard apple and make small balls and apply them on the wound. This will remove hair from the wound and the wound heals.
