Health benefits of Kakamachi (Makoy, Solanum nigrum)
Kakamachi is a bunch of health benefits and low in calories too.
It has anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-hyperlipidaemic properties.
For heart - It reduces bad cholesterol levels, and also reduces cardiac pain, so it helps to protect the heart.
For hemorrhoids - It has anti-inflammatory properties, so useful in hemorrhoids, as it reduces inflammation and heals the affected skin quickly.
For liver - It also helps to protect the liver, reduces inflammation and enlargement, so it detoxifies the liver as well as the body.
Common cold - Kakamachi is also useful in chronic fever, cough, cold symptoms.
For measles - is also beneficial for the fever in the measles, as it reduces inflammation and infection too.it also promotes perspiration so reduces the temperature of the body.
For asthma - it also clears the airways and reduces inflammation, and reduces breathlessness, and chest tightness.
For eyes - kakamachi in red-eye or conjunctivitis is beneficial.
For skin - kakamachi seeds external applications reduce the wrinkles and tighten the skin, as it has anti-oxidative and rejuvenation properties.
For arthritic pain - local application also reduces joint, and muscular pain.
For mouth ulcers and the oral cavity - kakamachi is also beneficial for healing the skin quickly.
Menstrual cramps - Kakamachi is also beneficial for abdominal pain during menses.
For constipation - it is purgative, so useful in chronic constipation and in the hard stool.
As cholagogue - it also promotes the secretion of the bile juices.
Anti-hypertensive - it reduces the blood pressure too, thus useful in hypertension (use according to the disease severity and physician's advice).
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