Recent research has shown that consumption of about 50gms of Kundru (Coccinia indica), helps in keeping blood sugar under control.

Little Gourd (Kundru) is an Indian Vegetable, a Gherkin like vegetable, found mostly in India, but also found in South-Asian Islands, West Indies and Hawain Islands. Shaped in the form of tiny bullets, they are green in colour, and form a part of Indian cuisines. Ayurveda refers to ‘Kundru’ as ‘Koshataki’.

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March 4, 2010- A research study by the Ayurveda experts of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have highlighted the qualities of certain herbs that can act as premedicant to anesthesia apart from bringing down the anxiety and apprehension levels that are characteristics of pre surgery conditions. This reasearch study on herbs was presented at the 13th national conference of Association of Anesthesiologists in Indian Medicine (AAIM) organized by a section of Sangyaharan, Department of Shalya... Read More

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