Banana (Kela): 80 Amazing Uses, Benefits and Side Effects

Last Updated on December 18, 2023 by admin

Introduction:

Banana trees are found in all over India. Good kinds of bananas are found in only India. There are many kinds of banana as- Manikya, Kadli, Martya kadli, Amrit kadli, Champa kadli, etc. The banana, which grows itself in the forest, is called “Van kadli”. Different kinds of bananas are found in Assam, Bengal and Mumbai. The banana of golden yellow and thin peel is very tasty. Red banana is long and vapid. Triangle banana of thick peel is used to cook vegetable.   

Both the types of banana (raw and ripe) are used. Ripe banana is eaten after peeling and raw banana is used to cook vegetable. Its flowers are also used to prepare vegetables. The sweetness of banana is caused by the glucose element, which is found in it. Glucose is sugar or (sweet). It provides nutritive and strength to the ligaments. It contains several types of minerals. It makes the body strong and powerful. Banana is such type of fruit, which is found in every season. Ripe banana is useful in the condition of hemorrhage and cures leucorrhoea.

Flowers of banana tree are smooth, sweet, pungent, heavy, heavy, bitter and light warm. These are helpful to increase digestive power and cure Haemoptysis blood disorders caused by bile), tuberculosis and leprosy. These also destroy worms and eliminate gas.

Banana contains such elements, which increase nutrition, proteins and fat in the body. The weak person should take banana with milk regularly.

Banana (Kela) Uses and Benefits:

1. Swelling: Banana is useful to end all the types of swelling.

2. Hurt or scratch: By tying banana peel on the affected part swelling does not increase. Mix ripe banana and wheat flour in water and heat it. This mixture should be coated on the affected part because it provides relief.

3. Gastric ulcer:

• The person, who suffers from gastric ulcer, should take banana with milk.
• Eating banana is useful to end intestines swelling, gastric ulcer, stomach swelling, colitis swelling and diarrhoea etc. diseases.
• Taking banana with milk is useful to get relief in gastric ulcer.

4. Heart pain: This pain ends by taking 2 bananas with 15 grams honey.

5. Eating soil: If any child eats soil, give ripe banana to it with honey, it abolishes this bad habit.

6. Ringworms and scabies: Grind banana pulp with lemon juice and apply it on the affected parts because it cures ringworms, scabies and itching.

7. Stomachache: Banana can be taken in all the types of stomachache. It is nutritive food for the child and weak persons. It should be taken in the case of loose motions and gastric ulcers stomachache.

8. Loose motions:

• Eating 2 bananas with about 100 grams curd for some days regularly prevents loose motions and dysentery.
• Grind stem of banana tree and extract juice from it. Taking 20 to 40 ml this juice cures frequent loose motions.
• Boil raw banana and make chapatti from it. Eating this chapatti with bharta of arua prevents chronic diarrhoea.
• Mix banana and some saffron with curd and give it to the patient, it provides relief in loose motions.

9. Mouth blisters: Take a banana with cow’s curd in the morning to get relief in tongue blisters.

10. Burn from fire: The patient should apply ground banana on the affected part because it provides relief quickly.

11. Epistaxis (Nose bleeding): Mix sugar in 1 glass of milk and give it to the patient with 2 pieces of banana for 10 days regularly because it prevents bleeding from the nose.

12. Retention of urine:

• The patient should take 4 spoons juice of banana tree’s stem with 2 spoons ghee because it ends retention of urine and helps in urination clearly.
• Grind pulp of banana tree’s root and apply it on the stomach and abdomen, it cures retention of urine and helps in urination clearly.
• Eat a ripe banana afterwards drink juice of Indian gooseberry with sugar because it cures retention of urine.
• Mix cow’s urine in juice of banana tree stem and give it to the patient to take, it helps in urination clearly.

13. Diabetes mellitus (Urinating again and again):

• Eating 2 pieces of ripe bananas after meals regularly is useful to cure diabetes mellitus.
• The patient, who suffers from diabetes mellitus, should take ripe banana and juice of Indian gooseberry with sweet milk.
• Grind ripe banana, cassia fistula, Indian kudzu and asparagus racemosus together thereafter give it to the patient with milk because it cures diabetes mellitus.
• Mix 2 ripe bananas, one spoon juice of Indian gooseberry and 10 grams sugar-candy together thereafter give it to the patient for 4-5 days regularly, it cures diabetes mellitus.

14. High blood pressure:

• Banana contains good quantity of potassium, so it is very useful for the patient of high blood-pressure. Eating banana makes blood-pressure normal.
• Eat one ripe banana on empty stomach afterwards chew 2 seeds of cardamom regularly, it makes blood-pressure normal.

15. Typhoid: Banana is the best food for typhoid patient. It reduces over thirst.

16. Bile disorders: This disease is cured by eating ripe banana with ghee.

17. Hiccup:

• Mix 1 gram ash of savage kadli banana’s leaves with 10 grams honey and give it to the patient to lick, it prevents hiccup.
• Grind 3 grams root of banana tree with water and mix sugar or sugar-candy in it. Hiccups are prevented by taking this medicine.

18. Abdomen: Drinking juice of banana tree pulp alleviates abdomen poison.

19. Inflammation: Sleeping on the leaves of banana tree and lotus is useful to end body inflammation.

20. Dysentery: Eating banana with lemon prevents dysentery and digests food easily. Mix banana with curd and take, it provides relief in dysentery and loose motions.

21. Leucorrhoea: Mix ripe banana, juice of Indian gooseberry and sugar together thereafter give it to the suffered woman because it leucorrhoea and diabetes mellitus.

22. Weakness: Eating banana after meals for 3 months regularly ends weakness.

23. Sperm deficiency: Taking 1 ripe banana with 5 grams ghee twice a day for one week regularly checks sperm deficiency. If a patient feels cold, 4-5 drops of honey can be mixed in it.

24. Spermtorrhoea: Dry raw banana and make the powder from it after grinding. This disease is cured by taking 5 grams this powder regularly.

25. Asthma:

• Cut tree of kadli banana from middle and fill black pepper powder into this at night. The next morning, fry this banana with ghee and eat, it cures asthma.
• Mix powder of black pepper and juice of banana tree’s stem together. After that, give 20 to 40 grams this mixture to the patient twice a day, it provides relief in asthma.
• Mix 28 milliliters fresh juice of banana tree’s stem with 28 milliliters juice of coach grass and take, it cures dangerous and chronic asthma. This process should be used for 41 days regularly.
• Juice of banana tree’s stem is very useful to cure incurable asthma. Keep attention that patient should take only milk and rice in meal while drinking banana juice.
• Asthma patient should take banana in less quantity. Keep attention that if asthma aggravates by eating banana, patient should not eat banana.

26. Whooping cough: Burn dried leaves of banana tree and prepare ash from it. Mix about 6 grams this ash with honey and give it to the patient 3-4 times a day regularly, it cures whooping cough.

27. Chronic cough: The patient should take 2 spoons banana syrup after every an hour because it provides very relief in chronic cough.

28. Cough:

• In the case of tuberculosis, mix 20 ml juice of banana tree’s stems with milk and give it to the patient to drink 3-4 times a day. Using this process stops bleeding with phlegm too.
• Prepare ash by burning banana peels and take half grams this ash with honey twice a day regularly, it cures chronic and dried cough.
• Extract juice from banana flowers and prepare 10 to 20 ml syrup from it. Mix sugar-candy or sugar this syrup and drink it twice a day because it provides relief in dried cough.
• Mix salt with ash of banana leaves and give it to the patient because it cures cough.
• Chronic cough is cured by drinking 2 spoons banana syrup after every an hour.
• Make ash by burning banana leaves and fill in a bottle after grinding. After that, take half spoon or 2 pinches this ash with honey twice a day, it cures cough.
• Put dry leaves of banana tree in a soil pot and heat it on the fire to prepare ash. Separate this ash from the pot and grind it. Licking about half gram this ash with honey is useful to get relief in cough.

29. Alopecia: Grind banana pulp with lemon juice and apply it on the head, it ends alopecia.

30. Night blindness: This disease is cured by applying juice of banana leaves in the eyes.

31. Overeating:

• Overeating ends by taking ripe banana with 50 grams ghee daily.
• Eating ripe banana in enough quantity ends overeating.

32. Vomiting:

• Eating ripe banana prevents bloody vomiting.
• Vomiting is cured by taking 5 ml banana juice with some honey.

33. Constipation:

• Constipation is eliminated by taking banana pulp, cluster fig, banana flowers and telugo potato.
• The person, who suffers from constipation, should eat ripe banana.

34. Bloody vomiting: Eating soft banana is useful to cure bloody vomiting.

35. Mouth blisters: The patient should eat 2 pieces of banana with curd daily in the morning to check blisters of the mouth and tongue.

36. Otorrhoea: Mix cuttle fish bone (smudrafen) in juice of banana tree’s leaves and drip it in the ears, it cures otorrhoea.

37. Menstrual excretion problems: Crush stem of banana tree and extract 4 spoons juice from it. After that, give this juice to the suffered woman on empty stomach for 7-8 days regularly, it makes menstrual excretion normal.

38. Ears swelling: This disease is cured by drinking about 20 to 40 ml banana juice twice a day.

39. Blood amoebic dysentery:

• Eating banana’s chapatti is useful to prevent bloody amoebic dysentery.
• Crush banana and mix salt and cumin seeds in it. Dysentery is prevented by eating this medicine.
• Taking ripe banana with gram’s sattu (meal of parched grain) is useful to prevent dysentery within 2-3 days.
• Amoebic dysentery is prevented by taking banana with curd.

40. Pharynx inflammation: This disease is cured by giving 20 to 40 ml banana juice to the patient with powder of black pepper twice a day.

41. Dyspepsia: Eat 3 pieces of ripe banana after eating half meals to enhance digestive power.

42. Liver enlargement: Take one banana with 7-8 drops milk of papaya after the meals to reduce enlargement of the liver.

43. Wound:

• Wounds are cured by applying ground peels of banana on the affected parts.
• Tying soft leaves of banana tree on the affected parts provides relief in pimples.

44. Leucorrhoea:

• The woman should take ripe banana with small cardamom in the case of leucorrhoea.
• Mix ripe banana with juice of Indian gooseberry and give it to the woman with sugar or sugar-candy because it provides relief in leucorrhoea and diabetes mellitus.
• Fry banana with pure ghee and give it to the suffered woman, it cures leucorrhoea.
• Eat 2 pieces of banana and drink one glass hot milk with honey upon it after meals. Using this process provides relief in leucorrhoea.
• Prepare sweet dish (kheer) of banana with milk and give it to the suffered woman, it cures leucorrhoea.
• Make the powder by grinding Indian kudzu and asparagus gonoclodus 10 grams each together thereafter mix 10 grams ripe banana in it. After that, give 5 grams this medicine to the woman with fresh water twice a day to get relief in leucorrhoea.
• Eat 2 pieces of ripe banana with sugar for some days regularly to get relief in leucorrhoea.
• Grind leaves of banana tree and prepare sweet dish (kheer) with milk from it. Leucorrhoea is cured by taking this sweet dish (kheer).
• Grind leaves of banana tree and leaves of acacia tree together thereafter give it to the patient after mixing with honey. Use this process to reduce bleeding while leucorrhoea.
• Taking ripe banana with ghee is useful to get relief in leucorrhoea.
• The suffered woman should take 20 to 40 ml juice of banana tree’s stem twice a day in the case of leucorrhoea.
• Mix ripe banana, juice of Indian gooseberry and sugar together thereafter give it to the suffered woman, it cures leucorrhoea and diabetes mellitus.
• Grind fine soft leaves of banana tree and prepare sweet dish (Kheer) from it with milk. Leucorrhoea is cured by taking this sweet dish.

45. White leucorrhoea: This disease is cured by giving 2 pieces of ripe banana with sugar for some days regularly.

46. Intestines sores:

• Banana contains less quantity of acid, so it is useful to cure wound. After that, take 3 pieces of banana after meals regularly to cure intestines sores.
• Mix 20 to 40 ml banana juice with black pepper and take it twice a day because it cures burning sensation and wound of the stomach.

47. Nausea and acidity (Sour belching):

• Sour belching is prevented by taking banana with cardamom and sugar.
• Acidity ends by taking 20 to 40 ml juice of fruit or stem of banana tree with black pepper twice a day.
• If inflammation starts from the stomach to the throat, patient should take 2 pieces of bananas with sugar and cardamom because it prevents sour belching.  

48. Delivery pain:

• Tie burl of banana tree on the waist of pregnant women to get rid of delivery pain and it makes the delivery normal. Keep attention that burl should be separated from the waist after delivery.
• Sprinkle camphor powder on banana and give it to the patient because it reduces delivery pain.

49. Phlegm: If the patient suffers from excessive phlegm, he should eat banana and mulberry because it brings out phlegm.

50. Over thirst: The patient should take 2 pieces of banana thrice a day regularly to remove throat dryness and quench over thirst caused by any reason.  

51. Dropsy: This disease is cured by drinking 20 to 40 ml banana juice.

52. Bile enlargement: The patient, who suffers from bile enlargement or bile disorders, should take 20 to 40 ml juice of banana tree’s stem twice a day because it provides relief in bile disorders.

53. Metrorrhoea:

• If any woman suffers from excessive menses or metrorrhoea, she should take 10 to 20 ml juice of banana flowers with curd twice a day because it provides relief.
• The suffered woman should drink 10 ml juice of banana tree’s root daily because it provides relief in metrorrhagia.

54. Diabetes:

• Make pieces of raw banana and dry them. Make the powder by grinding these pieces and fill it in a bottle. Diabetes is controlled by taking one spoon this powder with vapid milk of cow.
• If the diabetes patient suffers from frequent urination, he should eat banana because it is beneficial for such type of patient.

55. Urticaria: The patient can take 20 to 40 ml juice of banana tree’s stem twice a day to cure urticaria.

56. Gall stone:

• Mix 240 ml juice of kadli banana and 240 ml sesame oil with honey and give it to the patient 3-4 times in a day regularly, it removes all the types of stones.
• Mix some sugar-candy with juice of banana tree’s stem and give it to the patient, it brings out stones after breaking within some days.
• Mix 30 ml juice of banana tree’s stem and 25 grams nitre with milk thereafter give it to the patient because it destroys the stones.

57. Stomachache:

• Mix black salt with banana juice and take, it ends stomachache quick.
• Stomachache ends by taking banana with honey twice a day.

58. Stomach worms: Eating cooked vegetable of raw banana for 7-8 days regularly is useful to destroy the stomach worms.

59. Blood disorders caused by bile:

• Blood disorders caused by bile are ended by taking cooked vegetable of banana flowers.
• Give 20 to 40 ml banana juice to the patient twice a day to end blood disorders caused by bile.

60. Epistaxis (Nose bleeding):

• Juice of banana tree’s stem should be smelled in the case of epistaxis because it prevents nose bleeding.
• Epistaxis is cured by taking banana with milk for 4-5 days regularly.

61. Syphilis: The patient, who suffers from syphilis, should drink 20 to 40 ml banana juice daily.

62. Face freckle: Crush pulp of one banana properly and make a paste from it. Mix 2 spoons rose water, 2 drops juice of cuscus and 4 drops of glycerin with banana paste thereafter fill it in a bottle. If the skin becomes dry, apply this medicine on the face like cream before makeup. Wash the face with lukewarm water after drying it. Using this process ends face wrinkle. This face pack can be stored for 7 to 20 days.

63. Chicken pox: Make the powder by grinding banana seeds and mix honey in it. After that, give this mixture to the patient to cure chicken pox quick consequently, the fear of increasing chicken pox do not occur too. 

64. Eczema (Pama): Mix lemon juice with the pulp of ripe banana and apply it on affected part, it cures eczema, itching, ringworms and scabies.

65. Hysteria: Giving about 10 to 20 ml banana juice to the patient twice a day is useful to end the fits of hysteria like epilepsy.  

66. Tuberculosis:

• One cup juice of banana tree’s stem should be drunk regularly in the case of tuberculosis because it cures within 40 days.
• Take fresh juice of stem of banana tree or raw banana to cure tuberculosis. 
• If the tuberculosis patient has been suffering from several types of symptom as- intensive cough, discharge of mucous, excessive sweating at night, intensive fever, loose motions, anorexia and weight deficiency, extract juice from thick stem of banana tree. The patient should drink 1-2 cups this juice quaff by quaff after every 2 hours for 2 months regularly because it helps to cure tuberculosis. Only fresh juice should be used every day. Soak 8-10 leaves of banana tree in 200 milliliters water for a long time then filter it. Taking one big spoon this preparation thrice a day brings out thick blocked phlegm from the lungs after breaking. Mix sweet in juice of banana leaves and give it to the patient to drink. It cures lungs ulcers and brings out phlegm. It also prevents bleeding from the lungs. If stem of banana tree is not available, juice of banana tree’s leaves also can be used in this disease.

67. Jaundice:

• Put 1 gram eatable lime in a banana and eat it on empty stomach regularly, it cures jaundice within some days.
• Jaundice is cured by taking ripe banana with honey.

68. Epilepsy: This disease is cured by drinking 10 to 20 ml banana juice twice a day regularly.

69. Elephantiasis: The patient, who suffers from this symptom, should drink 20 to 40 ml juice of banana tree because it provides relief in elephantiasis.

70. White spots: Make ash by burning leaves of banana tree and grind it with some conch shell. Mix this mixture with sesame oil and apply it on the affected parts, it cures white spots.

71. Children diseases:

• If any child is habitual of eating soil and has eaten, give ripe banana to such type of child with honey, it brings out soil from the stomach.
• If the child does not drink milk, give curd, whey and milk made products like sweet dish (Kheer) to the child instead of milk. The child will drink milk himself after sometime by using this process.

72. Burn from fire: Crush pulp of ripe banana with the help of hands and apply it on the affected parts, it provides relief in inflammation.

73. Long age: Eating banana, sweet apple, gruel, grapes, mango, sweet papaya (st. lgnatius bean), sapotin and rice in meals for about one year regularly is useful to increase age and makes the body strong and powerful.

74. Excessive cold: Mix 4 drops of honey with the middle of ripe banana and take twice or thrice a day, it ends excessive cold of the body.

75. Body swelling:

• Body swelling is reduced by taking 3 pieces of ripe banana regularly.
• Mix 20 to 40 ml juice of banana tree’s stem with powder of black pepper and give it to the patient twice a day, it ends body swelling.

76. Dentition problems: Gather thin fibers, which fall down from banana flowers and extract juice from these. Mix sugar-candy and cumin seed in this juice. After that, give 4 to 6 grams this mixture to the child once a day. It is useful to end all the types of problems, which occur while dentition. This juice can be applied on the child gums 15-20 times to get relief too.

77. Body strength: Eating 2-3 pieces of ripe banana after meals enhances the body strength and grease. This process should be used for 2 months regularly because it makes the body beautiful and strong. 

78. To become fat: Banana is beneficial in night fall and spermatorrhoea. It makes the body fat. Eat 2 bananas and after that drink 250 ml milk; it increases fat within 3 months. 

79. Stomach diseases: Eating banana regularly is useful to cure all the types of stomach diseases as- stomach swelling, ulcers, intestines swelling and colitis.

80. Throat diseases:

• If the fish thorn has trapped in the throat while eating fish, the patient should eat ripe banana because its (banana) grease brings out thorn from the throat.
• If someone has been suffering from throat swelling, he should tie peel of banana on the throat because it cures throat swelling and reduces tonsil enlargement too.          

Side Effects and Precautions with Eating Bananas (Kela):

Side Effects-

• Banana allergy: A 2022 study found some people have an abnormal immune response to banana proteins, causing allergy symptoms.
• Migraines: Bananas contain tyramine, which can trigger headaches in some people.
• Tooth decay: The sugar and carbohydrates in bananas may contribute to cavities or tooth decay.

Precautions-

• Babies
  • Bananas given to babies should be:
    • Fully ripe
    • Well mashed
    • Free of lumps for easy swallowing
• Allergy
  • Seek medical advice if bananas cause:
    • Swelling
    • Rash
    • Breathlessness
    • This may indicate a banana allergy.

In summary, while bananas are generally safe, some people may experience side effects or need to take precautions with eating them. Discontinue use and see a doctor if you have an adverse reaction.

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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare professional before starting any new herbal treatment.