Higlow Bitter Melon Teabag

Hot Drink: Simply put one bitter melon teabag in a 300ml cup of boiling hot water.  Leave it to infuse for 2-3 minutes and it is ready to serve. 
Cold Drink: For a delicious cold drink, add 2-3 teabags in a 300ml container of boiling hot water.  Leave it to infuse for 30 minutes and then add 700ml of cold drinking water. Store in refrigerator for one hour and it is ready to serve.

Other properties and actions documented by traditional use are antifungal, antiparasitic, antivenin, bitter, cardiotonic (tones, balances, strengthens the heart), digestive stimulant, emetic (causes vomiting), menstrual stimulator, purgative (strong laxative), vermifuge (expels worms)

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In China, bitter melons have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for a long time. Like most bitter-tasting foods, it stimulates digestion.    Bitter melon can clear stomach heat and boost eyesight. Perhaps the best substantiated use today is that of bitter melon for people with diabetes mellitus.

More recently, bitter melon has been proposed as an antiviral and antineoplastic agent.  Folkloric uses have included a myriad of other indications, including psoriasis, infertility, gastrointestinal cramps, infections, and cancer and as an abortifacient.

Bitter melon has a long history of use as a hypoglycemic agent in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, where the plant extract has been referred to as vegetable insulin. Bitter melon is used medicinally mainly for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Some preliminary evidence suggests that the consumption of bitter melon as whole fruit, extract, or dried powder may reduce blood sugar levels.

Bitter melon grows in tropical areas, including parts of the Amazon, east Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, and is cultivated as a food and medicine.

Bitter melon is used medicinally mainly for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.