Coccinia Indica...

[cure]

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Coccinia indica (ivy gourd) is a creeper that grows widely in India and Bangladesh. The plant has been used since ancient times as an antidiabetic drug by physicians who practice Ayurveda. A double-blind control trial (n = 32), conducted in India, demonstrated significant improvement in glycemic control following 6 weeks’ use of powder from locally obtained crushed dried leaves of Coccinia indica in patients with poorly controlled or otherwise untreated type 2 diabetes; however, there were no data available regarding whether body weight changed (7). In another three-arm, controlled clinical trial (n = 70), the use of dried herb pellets made from fresh leaves of Coccinia indica was compared with no treatment and treatment with oral hypoglycemic agents (chlopropamide) (16). The improvement in glycemic control observed in the group that was treated with the herb was similar to that associated with use of a conventional drug.

[cure Administrator]

Yes.....same....avialable at any vegetable shop all over India...and effective....

You can eat them raw as salad..... 50 Gms is recommended. That is about 8 pieces.

[Hidden in reply to cure]

Is the leaf effective or the vegetable itself...?

[cure Administrator in reply to Hidden]

I guess both.....although more experiments on leaf....but fruit also got same properties....

[MikeEby]

Here in America people don't eat this unless we recommend it to them. We sell produce. We can say with great certainty that it works great here as well and compared to the Chinese bitter gourd is much better for this purpose as well.

Wow is it bitter, maybe twice as much as the Chinese one. If used in a salad we pair it with a vinegar dressing to make it more palatable.

To your health

[cure Administrator in reply to MikeEby]

sorry some confusion i guess is American coccinia is bitter??

[MikeEby in reply to cure]

Sorry, i thought I was familiar with that plant. Maybe it is a cousin.

google.com/search?q=Coccini...

[cure Administrator in reply to MikeEby]

its ok....it is Karela/Momordica charantia indian bitter melon... coccinia indiaca is altogether diffrent...Coccinia indica is not bitter... may be very similar to cucumber.

[MikeEby in reply to cure]

Thank you, this may be why some of my customers buy 25 cucumber a week, every week. I will ask them why next weekend.