BIJORA(CITRON)

Introduction:

Plant goes up to 8-10 feet in height, like lemon plant, branches have thorns and long green leaves. Flowers are white with pink dots. Fruits are large oblong narrowing sharp/pointed on top, fleshy red pulp inside with fragrance, yellow from outside. Pulp is sweet. Fruits and roots are used in Ayurveda.

Uses:

1. Fruit is an appetizer, pulp given with honey, relieves other peptic and digestive problems like abdominal colic, gastric ulcer etc.
2. To treat hiccups fruit juice is given with honey and a pinch of black salt.
3. To treat vomiting, juice of roots to be given with honey, add saffron if vomiting is with diarrhea.
4. Urinary stones are treated with fruit powder mixed with rock salt.
5. Decoction of dried peels is useful to keel intestinal worms.
6. For Ear pain, instill warm drops of fruit juice, adding juice of ginger.
7. Pulp improves absorption power hence given for weight gain.
8. Sharbat prepared from pulp and sharkara gives an overall cooling effect to the body.