Cerasee/Bitter Melon

PRODUCT: Cerasee / Jamaican bitter melon 

INGREDIENTS: Euphrasia officinalis

Directions: Put boil enough water to brew 3 cups of tea.. 2) Put the stove’s gauge on medium 4. 3) After 3 to 5 minutes when the water comes to boil, turn it off. 4) Add all the ingredients into your favourite teacup. 5) Jamaicans love to use a little strainer when they pour the hot water in the teacup. 6) Stir in, now you have Jamaican Cerasee Tea

Cerasee, also known as bitter melon, is a tropical vine with many uses, including:

• Treating high blood pressure
  In Caribbean folk medicine, cerasee tea is used to treat hypertension. In a survey of people in Jamaica, cerasee was one of the most commonly reported herbal remedies for high blood pressure. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Treating diabetes
  Cerasee is traditionally used as a tea to treat diabetes in Central America and the West Indies. Cerasee extracts have shown hypoglycemic effects. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Treating skin conditions
  Soaking in cerasee tea may help with skin conditions like eczema, acne, ulcers, wounds, and sores. The leaves and stems can also be boiled, cooled, and used to bathe the skin. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Treating other ailments
  Cerasee tea is used to treat a variety of ailments in the Caribbean, including constipation. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Detoxification
  Some people use cerasee tea to rid their bodies of toxins, but the science to support this is lacking. 
  
  
  
  
  
  

Cerasee is also known by many other names, including bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, and karavila. 

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