Tomato is used in making vegetables. It is added to salads, as a result of which the nutritional value of salad increases. It has many types of nutritional properties, due to which tomato is counted among fruits. At present, tomato is used more in making sauce (chutney). Tomato is more beneficial than orange and grapes. The vitamins found in tomato do not get destroyed by heating. It can be grown by making seedlings of its seeds in any season except heavy rains and winter season. Tomatoes are usually sown twice a year in May-June and October-November months.
Vitamin A, B and C are found in high quantity in tomato. Vitamin A is found in high quantity in it. By consuming 5 red tomatoes daily, the body gets as much vitamin A as it needs. B-complex is also found in tomato, which is a form of vitamin. 200 grams of tomato contains 0.18 grams of protein, 0.4 grams of fat, 7.2 grams of carbohydrates and other nutrients. The body can get 40 calories of energy from 200 grams of tomato.
Calcium is found more in tomatoes than in other fruits and vegetables. Calcium strengthens bones. Tomato consumption is very useful to remove weakness of teeth and bones.
Iron is found in very high quantity in tomatoes. Iron is required daily during pregnancy. Iron is 5 times more in tomatoes than in eggs. Drinking 1 glass of tomato juice removes anemia and increases blood.
Properties
Taking ripe tomatoes with food increases appetite and improves digestion and cures many diseases related to blood and bile. Drinking tomato juice refreshes the body and mind and removes laziness. Tomato juice is good for pregnant women and for increasing physical and mental strength during menstruation. If underweight people eat ripe tomatoes with food, their weight starts increasing. People with weak body should definitely eat tomatoes with food. Consuming tomatoes soothes heartburn. It cures stomach pain. It is laxative and purifies blood and is beneficial in improving the functioning of the digestive system. It cures piles, jaundice and high fever. Consuming it cures constipation. Tomato eliminates stomach gas. Mix mint, ginger, coriander and rock salt in ripe tomato juice and boil it to make chutney. Eating this chutney with food improves the taste of mouth, increases appetite in food. Extracting juice of ripe tomato and mixing ginger and lemon juice in it and drinking it is beneficial.
Harmful effects
Patients of arthritis, acidity, rheumatism (joint pain), swelling and stone should not consume tomato because it is harmful for them. People suffering from such diseases should not consume tomato. Those who are suffering from cold fever, have excessive heat in the body, have syphilis in the stomach, intestines or uterus, have diarrhea should not consume tomato. Do not drink water after consuming tomato. Tomato contains acidic elements which keep the stomach clean. Patients of severe cough and stone should not consume tomato because it is harmful for them. Tomato should not be consumed if there is pain in the muscles and swelling in the body.
Treatment of various diseases
1. Constipation:
Eating about 50 grams of tomato daily is beneficial to get rid of constipation.
Eating raw tomato in the morning and evening relieves the problem of constipation. Constipation ends by eating tomato and cleans the stomach and intestines. 1. Increase in digestion power:
Consuming tomato juice mixed with a little rock salt daily prevents gas formation and relieves constipation.
Drinking ripe tomato juice mixed with a cup of water relieves chronic constipation and also gives strength to the intestines.
2. Improvement in digestion power:
Consuming tomatoes regularly prevents constipation and clears diarrhea. It removes eye wounds. Tomato gives strength to the large intestines. Improves digestion power. Tomato removes the poison from the stomach and removes its disease.
3. Shaktivardhak (Strength enhancer):
Drinking a glass of tomato juice mixed with a little honey in breakfast in the morning makes the face red like a tomato. Its consumption improves memory. Tomato strengthens the liver and lungs.
4. Shishu Shaktivardhak (To increase the strength of the child):
Mothers of children should consume tomatoes and also give tomato juice to their children daily. This helps in the good development of the child's body. The digestive power remains good and the teeth also come out easily. Apart from this, tomato is beneficial in body lethargy, stomach dysentery (diarrhea), jaundice and stomach diseases etc.
5. Ovarian cystitis:
Mixing rock salt and ginger on 100 grams of red tomato and consuming it before food is beneficial.
6. Anthelmintic (intestinal worms):
By cutting red tomato and mixing salt and black pepper powder in it and eating it, the stomach worms die and come out through the anus. Mixing asafoetida in tomato juice and drinking it kills the stomach worms.
7. Mouth ulcers:
People who have frequent mouth ulcers should consume more tomatoes. Mix tomato juice in water and rinse. This cures mouth ulcers. Mix half a glass of tomato juice in half a glass of water and rinse. This cures all mouth diseases.
8. Itching:
Mix 1 teaspoon of tomato juice in 2 teaspoons of coconut oil and massage the body with it. After this, take a bath with hot water, this cures itching.
9. Fever:
During fever, harmful substances increase in the blood. Tomato soup removes these substances. Therefore, by consuming it, the patient's fever reduces. Tomato removes body heat.
10. Cough and fever:
Heat a piece of tomato a little in a tinned vessel, after this, sprinkle Godanti ash on it and eat it, it gives relief in cough and fever.
11. Skin diseases:
The sourness of tomato cleanses the blood. Similar properties are found in lemon. Tomato is sour. It cleanses the blood. Therefore, consuming tomato removes blood impurities and cures skin diseases.
When there are red rashes on the skin, mouth bones are swollen, teeth bleed, there is a possibility of many types of skin diseases like ringworm or beriberi etc., then drinking tomato juice 3 to 4 times a day is beneficial.
Skin diseases are cured by drinking tomato juice daily for a few weeks.
12. Jaundice:
Jaundice is cured by drinking 1 glass of tomato juice daily.
13. Dirtiness of tongue:
Mixing rock salt on about 100 grams of red tomato and eating it removes the dirtiness of the tongue.
14. Weakness:
Drinking tomato soup daily increases appetite. As a result of its consumption, blood deficiency is removed and tiredness and weakness also end and the face becomes bright.
By consuming tomatoes daily, the impurities of the blood are removed and the blood becomes clean, as a result of which there is an increase in blood and strength in the body.
15. Mental weakness:
Consumption of tomatoes eliminates irritability and mental weakness. It keeps the brain balanced by removing mental fatigue.
16. Obesity:
By cutting raw tomatoes and onions daily and adding lemon juice and salt to it, obesity starts reducing. Tomato is beneficial for obese people because it helps in removing foreign substances, substances and food stuck in the intestines from the body.
Night blindness (not being able to see at night): Consuming tomatoes daily increases the light of the eyes. Night blindness is cured by its consumption.
17. Arthritis (Joint Pain):
Eating tomatoes is beneficial for arthritis patients.
18. Diabetes:
Eating tomatoes is very beneficial in diabetes. Consuming the sourness of tomatoes reduces the amount of sugar in the body. Consuming it daily cures diabetes in a few days.
19. Rickets:
Giving raw red tomato juice to a child suffering from rickets 4 times a day for 1 month cures the child.
20. Heart Disease:
Consuming Arjun tree bark and sugar mixed in tomato juice cures heart pain and heart diseases.
21. Bone Weakness:
Consuming tomatoes is useful to remove bone weakness. Tomato contains more lime than other vegetables. Lime strengthens bones. Hence, consuming tomatoes daily cures bone weakness.
22. Urinary diseases:
Consuming tomatoes daily cures urinary diseases.
23. Rapid heartbeat:
Take 250 grams of tomato soup after removing seeds and 2 grams of Arjun tree bark powder, mix both well and consume in the morning. This will give benefits.
24. Blood deficiency (anemia):
Drinking half a cup each of tomato, spinach and carrot juice daily for 40 days cures blood deficiency.
