A couple of days I wrote about the benefits of ripe mango. Today’s post is the continuation of the subject - about the benefits of green or unripe mango which I read in article recently. Since the mango is still unripe, the properties of the fruit is acidic, astringent and anti-scorbutic or scurvy.

This is beneficial for the followings:

Heat Stroke : It protects men from the adverse effects of hot and scorching winds. Eat raw mango with salt quenches thirst and helps prevent the excessive loss of sodium chloride and iron due to excessive sweating.

Gastro-intestinal Disorders : Eating one or two small tender mangoes with salt and honey is found to be very effective for treating diarrhoea, dysentry, piles, morning sickness, chronic dyspepsia, indigestion and constipation.

Bilious Disorders : The acids contained in the green mango increases the secretion of bile and act as intestinal antiseptic. Thus, eating green mango daily with honey and pepper treats biliousness and food putrefaction as well as tone up the liver and keep it healthy.

Blood Disorders : It is valuable for treating blood disorders because of its high Vitamin C content. It increases the elasticity of the blood vessels and helps in the formation of new blood cells. The unripe mango helps in the absorption of food iron, prevents bleeding tendencies and increases body resistance against anaemia, tuberculosis, cholera and dysentry.

As always, it is still best to consult your physician first before you treat yourself.