There are many health benefits of eating pointed gourd and are less known to the people. The vegetable is rated as one of the nutritious foods and is offering vitamins like vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and vitamin C. Pointed gourd also offers you very less calories and hence it helps to keep the cholesterol levels in control. In Ayurveda , pointed gourd is used to treat the gastric problems and is also used as a natural aphrodisiac that can improve sex life.
â?¢ Headache: Crush the roots of pointed gourd and make paste and apply it on your forehead and let it dry.
â?¢ Wounds: Prepare root decoction of pointed gourd and use it to wash your wounds.
â?¢ Alopecia Areata: Crush leaves of pointed gourd to make paste and apply over bald patches. Wash when it dries.
â?¢ Liver disease: Take 2 tsp leaf juice of pointed gourd once a day.
â?¢ Blood Purifier: Consume 20 ml pointed gourd juice thrice a week, it is beneficial for blood.
â?¢ Cough: Make a root decoction of pointed gourd and drink 5 ml twice a day.
â?¢ Skin diseases: Take a 1 tsp leaf juice of pointed gourd and add same amount of honey in it and take it with warm water.

1. Blood purifier 2. Reduces flu 3. Fight with aging factors 4. Treats constipation
5. Controls blood sugar and cholesterol 6. Aids in weight loss