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Grapes
Grapes come to us from the dark abysm of time. Archaeologists have dug out several specimens of fossilized grape plants from the wombs of the earth. Grapes

They are also found entombed with the mummies in Egypt. Egyptian hieroglyphics record details of grape cultivation and wine- making. Wine-making was an art in Greece during the time of Homer (700 BC). The Bible has a reference to the vineyard tended by Noah. Back in India, Charaka and Sushruta have have extensively referred to grapes in their early medical treatises (1st Century AD).

IGrape juice is also known to battle bacteria and studies made on animals confirm that the tooth decay process could be successfully thwarted by chewing grapes regularly.

The fruits possess a very high concentration of caffeic acid, a polyphenol compound known to prevent cancer in animals. An American study confirms that raisin intake could be linked to a low rate of cancer deaths.

Grapes, either fresh or dried, are considered to be blood-purifiers. Fresh grapes are cooling, demulcent, diuretic, laxative and stomachic.

The leaves are astringent, sometimes used in diarrhoea. The juice of the unripe fruits is used as an astringent in throat affections.

Attempts to grow grapes in India have been quite successful thanks to the application of modern technology in horticulture : in peninsular India, two crops mature in a year. Thompson Seedless is popular due to the absence of seeds and for its pleasing flavour. Anab-e-Shahi enjoy a formidable reputation as a choice table variety.

In Tradition:

1) Blood pressure, rheumatism, ulcers : Drink 1 cup fresh grape juice.

2)Burning sensation in body and limbs and dizziness due to aggravation of pitta : Take 1 cup of fresh grape juice every day.

3) Cold and fever in Children at the time of teething : Expel the fresh and give 1 tsp twice daily.

4)Constipation : Soak 2 tbsp raisins in ½ cup water for 1 hour and take with the water 2 or 3 times a day..

5) Diarrhoea at the time of teething in infants : Express the juice from fresh fruits and administer 1 tsp 2 or 3 times daily.

6) Eye ailments : Boil 1 tbsp raisins and 2 pieces of fruit in 1 cup milk and drink every day.

7) Dry cough : Fry 3 tbsp raisins in 1 tsp ghee and take.

8) For improvement in eye sight and brain functions : Boil 2 tbsp raisins and 1 fig in a glass of milk and drink every day.

9) Fevers, general debility, spermatorrhoea, sexual debility, to improve the complexion : Extract ½ cup juice from ripe, yellow-coloured neem fruits. Add 1 tbsp each of the following after thoroughly crushing or powdering: cucumber-seeds, almonds, cashew nuts, pista, coriander seeds, tarbooz seeds, saunf, liquorice; mix with ¼ cup raisins, 1 cup mishri and 1 cup ghee. Now, boil the mixture thoroughly till all traces of moisture go and the mixture reaches a jam-like consistency. Cool and bottle. Dose: 1 to 1 ½ tsp twice daily. (Note: This jam cannot be preserved for long due to the possibility of fungal attack.

10) Hypertension, joint pain, liver problems : Take 1 cup juice of fresh grapes once a day.

11) Impure blood : Take grapes or raisins every day.

12) Jaundice, liver disorders : Take 1 cup fresh grape juice every day.

13) Jaundice, liver disorders, pitta-aggravation : Eat a portion (1 cup) fresh grapes every day.

14) Loss of appetite or taste after recovery from fever and illness : Boil 1 crushed seed of amla with 1 tsp each crushed raisins and sugar.. filter. Use the decoction as a mouth wash or a gargle.

15) Menopause, problems due to : Daily intake of 1 cup fresh grape juice.

16) Palpitation, weak heart : Soak a few grapes (about 10 in number) in 2 tbsp rose water for 10 minutes and take.

17) Skin diseases : Apply the sap extracted from the young branches

18) Stomach ulcers : Take 1 glass of fresh grape juice twice daily.

19) To improve memory : Boil 2 figs and 1 tsp raisins in 1 cup milk and drink.

20) Venereal diseases : Eat fresh grapes daily.

Note : Individual results may vary.
Some nutritionists recommend that grape juice should not be drunk at one go. One should sip a small quantity of the juice and 'chew' if thoroughly so that enough saliva gets mixed to enable the beneficial reaction of salivary enzymes