Introduction
Jackfruit trees are very big and it bears fruits only after 5 to 6 years of planting the tree. Its fruits are long and thick which are called jackfruit. Jackfruit peel is thorny. Jackfruit leaves are green in colour, slightly long and round. Jackfruit is used in many works. Vegetable is made from raw jackfruit and after ripening, the pulp inside is eaten. There are seeds inside the jackfruit, from which vegetable is made. Kheer is also made from the pulp of jackfruit. Its wood is yellow and is used to make home furniture. There is also another species of jackfruit, whose fruits are eaten. Drinking water after eating jackfruit is harmful because it can cause flatulence. There are 2 species of jackfruit.
Properties
Jackfruit seeds are bitter and cure mouth diseases. Jackfruit water is sweet and destroys tridosha.
Harmful effects
Eating betel leaves after eating jackfruit causes poison in the body. In such a case, sour plums should be fed to remove the poison.
Treatment of various diseases
1. Mouth ulcers:
By rubbing the bark of jackfruit and applying it on the ulcers, the ulcers are cured. It is also used for cracked lips.
2. Ascites:
Grind the sprouted seeds of ripe jackfruit and the bark of khiranti in water and extract 250 ml of juice. Give this juice to the patient suffering from ascites in the morning and evening. This cures ascites.
3. Mucus in diarrhea:
Mix the bark of jackfruit tree and mango tree and extract the juice. Give this juice in the amount of 10 grams with 2 grams of lime water according to the strength of the child. By consuming this, the presence of mucus in diarrhea stops.
4. Bleeding in diarrhea:
Extract the juice of mango and jackfruit bark and drink it with lime water to stop bleeding in diarrhea.
5. Cough:
Cut jackfruit root into small pieces and keep it in an earthen pot. Then cover the mouth of the pot with cloth, fill it with soil and cook it by placing it on the fire of 10 kg cow dung cakes. When it is cooked, take out the jackfruit root from it and grind it finely to make powder. Mix this powder in a quarter gram quantity with ginger juice and honey and consume it. This cures even severe cough. It also provides relief in respiratory diseases.
6. Eczema (Pama):
Applying ghee on jackfruit leaves and tying them on eczema provides relief.
Grind soft jackfruit leaves and apply on eczema, eczema gets cured in 5-7 days.
7. Ringworm:
Heat jackfruit leaves and grind them and apply it on ringworm. This cures ringworm.
8. Boils and pimples:
Make powder by grinding the wood of jackfruit and then mix this powder with pigeon droppings and apply it on boils and pimples. This cures boils and pimples.
9. If constipation occurs due to eating too much jackfruit:
If constipation occurs due to eating too much jackfruit, then one should eat coconut kernel or drink heated ghee. This cures constipation.
