Medicinal Uses Of Grapes

It is one of the best fruits that can be given to people of age groups be it a patient , children, old age, weak or strong.it grows as perennial creeper, grows on the wooden structures, leaves are round pentacular, fruits grow in bunches.

Chemical Composition

Fresh fruit-contains glucose, tannins, citric acid, and malic acids. And it also contains alkalis such as sodium, potassium chloride, potassium sulphate, iron etc
Dried fruit- carbohydrates, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, phosphorus etc.and tannins..
Ripe fruit-purgative, cool, beneficial for eyes, and nutritious,it's juice is sweet and is good for voice, has cleansing properties, which helps clen urine, stool, it promotes potency cures cough, helps cure thirst,fever, and breathing problems,asthma,gout, jaundice, liver diseases,bleeding diathesis, burning sensation, anti tuberculosis, anti diabetic.
Unripe and sour grapes should not be taken as they can cause dosha prakopa ie vitiation of doshas in our body .
Dried fruit ie kishmish-is sweet,cool, enhances potency,improves palate, cures breathing problems, beneficial in heart pain, bleeding diathesis , tuberculosis. Voice problems, thirst,vata and pitta, it also removes the bitter taste of mouth.
The following are some of the uses grapes in various disease conditions.

Mouth problems-

Foul smell of mouth due to indigestion can be managed with give 5-10gms of munakka  everyday.
Faintness, unconsciousness
Take equal quantity of grapes and amla are boiled and the crushed,shuntichurna is added to that mixture given to the patient.

Dizziness

100-200gm munakka is roasted in ghee and little rock salt is sprinkled on it,and given 5-10gm of it everyday.
Headache
Munakka(8-10)gm, sugar candy 10gm liquorice,are grinded, their inhalation is given to the patient.

Cough,breathing problem,asthma

Decoction of 8-10munakka pieces, and haritaki(harada) is prepared, sugar candy , honey are added to it, this mixture is given to patient.

Dry cough

Grapes,indian goosberry,dates,long pepper(pippali),black pepper,are taken in equal quantity  grinded together and given to the patient.

Tonsillitis

10ml of grape juice with a gram of harada powder is given 2times a day, cures all throat problems.
Purgation
in case of constipation, 10-20 munakka are boiled in 200ml of milk and given for purgation.

Acidity

equal quantities of grapes, harad are grinded in equal q. of sugar and 1gm tablets are made, and 2 times with water.it cures acidity, burning sensation of throat, and indigestion, thirst.

bleeding piles

The grape bunches are taken in earthen pot.they are heated till they burn into ashes(black),3-6gm of ash with same quantity of sugar candy,is given  with 250ml.fresh cows milk,helps in curing the boils within 7days.

To put on healthy weight-

10-20gm of munakka is taken everyday morning followed by glass of milk on it. helps the body to be strong, acts as analgesic.

burning sensation , thirst-

10-20 pieces of munakkas are taken and soaked in a cup of water overnight,nextday they are crushed and water is strained, little amt of cumin seed powder , sugar candy is added to it and taken.

high fever

 -Grape juice taken daily,helps in curing burning sensation ,fever .
 -tablets prepared out of munakka ,black pepper, and rock salt mixture, these are kept in mouth.
 -the fine paste is made out of equal quantity of munakka and indian goosberry and little amount of ghee is added to it, and the paste is kept in mouth frequently.

bleeding diathesis

The decoction of 10 gm kishmish , 100ml milk ,and water  about640milk is made, till it remains only 160ml.and to the remaining sugar candy is added.and given to the patient.
grape juice 50-100ml, with 10ml of ghee and 20gm sugar is useful in curing bleeding diathesis.