Jamaican weed stabilizes blood sugar

It was pouring rain. I could barely see as I drove up the winding mountains. But I would not be deterred from my mission. I was on my way to finally meet Jamaica’s last living Maroon healer, Ivey Harris. I finally arrived at her secluded mountain home and she met me with open arms… and an umbrella. After the rain let up, she showed me around her home. Her yard is like an all-natural pharmacy. And she’s a walking herbal encyclopedia. One of my favorites was a Jamaican vine with weird-looking warty green fruit. Most people in the U.S. would call it a weed. Today, I grow it in my backyard here in South Florida. I grow cerasee in my backyard. I use the leaves to make a detox tea for my patients. The plant I’m talking about is called cerasee (Momordica charantia). And for more than 700 years traditional healers have used this herb as powerful medicine. It can cure rashes, stomach pain, viral infections, immune disorders, diabetes and even cancer. Cerasee is also called bitter melon, bitter gourd or bitter cucumber. The plant produces gourds that look like fat, bumpy cucumbers. They change color to a yellow-orange when they’re ripe and ready for harvest. Ivey told how Maroon healers traditionally used cerasee for diabetes. And they clearly know what they’re doing… Cerasee contains compounds that help normalize blood sugar.1 Controlling blood sugar is a big problem for diabetics. But it’s also a big problem for many other people who eat a modern high-carb, gr...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Health Avandia blood sugar diabetes diabetics drug glucose high-carb insulin Source Type: news