One of the more well-known plants is the cluster fig or Gular is one of the medications that Athar Veda claims can help with physical strength.
Cluster figs are tiny to medium-sized fruits with a diameter ranging from 2 to 5 centimeters and a round, oval, or pyriform shape. The fruits emerge directly from the tree’s trunk and branches in clusters of up to 20 fruits. When grown, the skin turns from green to hues of orange, red-brown, and dark crimson. It is semi-smooth, fragile, and occasionally fuzzy. The flesh is soft, sensitive, sticky, and pale yellow to white underneath the skin, and it has a core cavity packed with tiny, grain-like seeds that give the food a crunchy texture. Cluster figs acquire a balanced, extremely sweet, and faintly acidic flavor that is reminiscent of the perfume of spiced apples.
Nutritive worth of Cluster Fig
Cluster figs include a lot of calcium, which helps to strengthen bones, and are a great source of fiber, which helps to regulate the digestive system. Fruits are also a good source of iron, which helps to make the protein hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood, and potassium, which helps to maintain the body’s fluid balance. Cluster figs are a common anti-inflammatory, purifying, and blood-purifying ingredient in Ayurvedic recipes.
Where can one find Cluster fig plants?
At a height of 6000 feet, the trees can be found in both domesticated and natural varieties. More frequently, woodlands and areas close to rivers are home to its trees.
Composition of chemicals
It has rubber, wax, and tannin. Phosphoric acid and silica are found in the ash.
Characteristics of Cluster Fig
When mixed with vidari kand paste and milk, it is rumored that even the elderly become youthful when consumed. The expectorant properties of ripe fruits increase appetite and alleviate feelings of cold and burning.
Its milk boosts physical strength, is binding by nature, is cooling, and relieves edema.
Benefits of Cluster fig/Gular
- Treatment for problems of the mouth
Give a 250gm decoction of gular’s bark that also contains 1 gm of phitkari and 3 gm of catechu. Allow the patient to gargle with this. Any mouth issues can be treated with great effectiveness with this method.
- Increases ear swelling
On the ears, apply the gum paste. It eliminates the swelling. Inflammation-related muscular swelling in other muscles can also be treated with it.
- Treats Sinus
Put some cotton on the sinus after dipping it in its milk. Every day, change the cotton. It heals sinus within a few days.
- Eliminates chicken pox
Leaves of the Cluster fig/Gular have tiny eruptions of a dark tint. Pick out those eruptions, then blend 3–4 g in milk. Give the patient the milk after it has been strained and has been blended with honey. Dispense this twice daily. It both cures and stops the growth of pus in boils.
- Effective against multi-nodular TB
Blend the eruptions with some honey and sweet curd added in. One time per day, give this to the patient.
- Helps in Metrorrhagia
Grind 10-15 grams of the bark’s fresh material, then simmer it in 250 ml of water until it is reduced by half. Add sugar candies and 1.5 grams of white cumin seed powder after straining the fluid. Two times per day, give this to the patient. Additionally, you can give its fruits with curd.
- Treats abdominal pain
Give people the figs from the land to eat. It efficiently treats stomach pain.
- Prevents abortion of the fetus
Give milk that has been infused with gular fruit with meals. It prevents abortion and encourages fetusgrowth.
- Heals White Leucorrhoea
Give the patient 5 to 10 ml of the juice along with sugary candies. Dispense this twice daily. Leucorrhea is cured by it.
- Helpful treatment for urinary problems
Take the dried fruit peel and crush it into a fine powder if your urine is yellow.
Equal quantities of sugar candy should be added. Give the patient 6–6 gm of this powder mixed with cow’s milk twice daily.
- For Pitta-type disorders
Grind the Cluster fig/Gular leaves and give the patient the paste along with some honey. All Pitta problems can be cured by it.
- Medicate Bronchitis and Bronchial Asthma
Use the fruits to make squash. Regularly administer this to the patient, especially during the summer. Asthma and bronchitis are both treated by it.
These were the fig/health Cluster’s advantages. You need to attempt this if you have any of the conditions mentioned above.
FAQs
- Has the cluster fig ever had flowers?
Simply look at the abundant clusters of fruit sprouting directly from the trunk to identify it. It is a member of the Ficus genus, sometimes known as the fig family. You’re in for a surprise if you’re wondering what its flowers look like. Actually, the fig is a chamber that contains a large number of tiny blossoms.
- Can you eat a cluster fig?
The finest uses for cluster figs include stir-frying, boiling, and roasting. They can also be used raw. The fruits can be eaten straight from the hand, however it’s crucial to remember that the flesh of the fruit may contain microscopic insects.
- Should I eat figs on an empty stomach?
Due to the high amount of soluble fiber in them, figs have a natural laxative effect. So, relieving the uncomfortable bowel motion. To aid in resolving constipation, try eating two to three dry figs on an empty stomach.
- Is Anjeer the same as cluster fig?
The Indian fig tree, sometimes referred to as cluster fig or country fig, is a relative of the banyan and has the scientific name Ficus racemosa. In Urdu, the fruit is known as anjeer. The name is also well-liked in Hindi. Better known as dumur among Bengalis.
- Do figs contain worms?
Therefore, figs do include dead insects. However, as the fig ripens, the dead wasps are virtually digested by it—ashes to ashes, dust to dust, fig to fig—so don’t worry, that crunchy texture in the heart of a fig actually is its seeds.
