Thursday, May 18, 2006

Eggplant Leaves

The Eggplant leaves , commanly known as brinjal, is botanically a fruit but extensively used as a culinary vegetqable. It is wholesome and is grown all over India in all seasons of the ear. This vegetable is an antibacterial and antiphlegmatic food.
The leaves of this plant are an antibacterial food. They are an effective medicine for several infections and viral diseases. They can be beficially used in the treatment of whooping cough, bronchitis, congestion in the lungs and difficuly expectoration. half a tablespoon of fresh juice mixed with honey should be given three times daily in treating these conditions. The juice extracted from the root may also be mixed with leaf juice to increase its medicinal effects.

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