มะระขี้นก (Momordica Chanrantia L)

Momordica Chanrantia L is a kind of vegetables which has been used for thousands years in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Some other names in English are Balsam apple and Balsam pear. It's called "Ma Ra Kii Nok" in Thai.

Medicine uses Momordica Chanrantia L for treatment of diabetes, liver disease and rheumatism. Traditional Thai medicine uses its leaves to cure fever, and its roots are also used to get rid of bad blood and to treat liver disease.

The study research about this plant has been performed since 1962. Lotika and Rao discovered the Charantine reduced the blood sugar in certain experimented animals. There was a report that the bitter substance in "Ma Ra Kii Nok" has a quality that reduces the level of blood sugar. The bitter substance is anti-diabetic. It has a function that works against diabetes; for instance, activating insulin coming from the pancreas, decrease sugar coming from the liver, helping the metabolism and increasing glucose tolerance by inhibiting the growth of glucose in the small intestines.

"Ma Ra Kii Nok" juice can fight against diabetes in rabbits and white rats. It was also found that it can slow down kidney-disorder and cataracts.

There was a case study on 8 patients who had diabetes and were treated without being given insulin. Taking "Ma Ra Kii Nok" as food and drinking its juice, the case study showed that those patients could tolerate glucose better. The level of sugar in their blood decreased when they were full. The frequency of their urination reduced. As a result, the doctors suggested that people with diabetes take "Ma Ra Kii Nok" as food and drink to keep normal blood pressure and to slow down bad results caused from their diabetes.

Green "Ma Ra Kii Nok" is healthy food. It consists of Vitamin A (2,924 IU), Niacine (190 mg/g) and antioxidant.

How to make "Ma Ra Kii Nok" juice.

1. Ma Ra Kii Nok 100 g.
2. Cut each piece into 2 half
3. Scrape out the pitch and seeds
4. Put the pieces in a blender and liguefy them
5. Pour the juice from the blender through a sieve to get the juice

This recipe can make 40 ml of juice.

บทความนี้ดิฉันได้ถอดความมาจากบทความของท่านรองศาสตราจารย์จากมหาวิทยาลัย โดยพยายามรักษาบทความเดิมในภาษาไทยเพื่อไม่ให้เกิดความเสียหายต่อท่านค่ะ ขอขอบคุณท่านผู้เขียน ณ ที่นี้ด้วยค่ะ

By endeavour 29/1/2013

Create Date : 30 มกราคม 2556		2 comments
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