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Local herbal remedies should only be used under the guidance
of a knowledgeable herbal medicine practioner!

The young fruit of Momordica charantia serves as an addition to stews but the leaves commonly treat high blood pressure.  They are used alone in a tea or as a tisane with three leaves of karela, a little piece of yellow breadfruit leaf (Artocarpus altilis) and three leaves of ponm kannel (Annona squamosa) boiled together with cold water added.  Caution: the seeds and wall of the ripe fruit contain alkaloids which can cause vomiting and diarrhea.

Verna Slane 1987