BAEL (BILVA): Health Benefits & Remedies Part – 2
The oil extracted from the seeds is a hot property, a vata destroyer, and a laxative. By applying this oil to hair, hair becomes black. Applying it to the scalp increases intelligence and massaging it on the body increases lifespan. By crushing the seeds, a yellow-colored oil will be obtained. This oil contains very good laxative elements. Take 3-5 ml of oil to get rid of constipation.
Oil extraction type: 1
Take ripe or semi-ripe fruits, crush them, and boil them in water. When the fruit pulp and seeds get separated, dry the seeds in sunlight soak them in Triphala decoction, and dry them again, do this treatment 7 times, then extract the oil in an oil mill. Pour this oil into a clay vessel and bury that vessel in the ground. Let it remain in the ground for a month. Then take it out and use it.
To consume this oil, first, the patient should vomit and purify (Vaman-Virechan) the body, boil 250 ml cow milk let it cool, and add one gram of Bilva oil into it. This dose is for the first day, Increase the oil by one gram every day for 10 days and keep the quantity of milk the same.
From the 10th day onwards, reduce the amount of oil by one gram every day. With this experiment, diseases like gonorrhea, gout, deafness, etc. are cured, and physical strength and vision power increase. Only rice and cow milk should be taken in the diet for quick and best results.
Method of preparing oil from Bilva Wood Stick
Take a 2-inch long wooden stick of Bilva and soak it in sesame oil. And tie a cloth soaked in any oil on it and fire it. Put the fire towards the lower end. This will cause oil to drip. Collect that oil in a bowl. Put 2 to 3 drops of this oil in the ear, it will cure deafness and other ear diseases.
Common External uses of Bilva:
Dandruff:
Wash hair with a decoction of wood apple, It will eliminate dandruff and strengthen the hair.
To get rid of Mosquitoes
Put the dried peels of the Bael Fruit on the embers of the fire. Mosquitoes run away due to its smoke.
Bad smell of Sweat
Grind the powder of Bilva fruit pulp and Haritki in water and apply it on the affected area, it can be massaged to the complete body. It will remove the bad smell of sweat coming from the armpits. Bilva leaf juice is also beneficial.