(Mohammad Qasim, Lahore)
Temporary makeup beautifies the face for a short time but it cannot be an alternate for natural beauty. Eating apple gives beauty to the face and keeps the skin soft and smooth.
In terms of its nutrition, apple is the world’s famous fruit. Children, old, healthy and sick everyone loves to eat it. This fruit is easy to digest and has many benefits. Apple is mentioned everywhere in ancient religious books. The images discovered from Stone Age also show the carvings of this fruit. Benefits of apple: According to Dr. Muar from Heddle Berg University West Germany, eating apple keeps away from many diseases. Apple is especially very effective to cure small children’s gastroenteritis. Eating apples gives a new strength to the body. Containing phosphorus and iron, this fruit is an excellent food. It sharpens the mental abilities. Greek physicians also acknowledge the importance of apple.
Apple jam is often eaten to treat heart weakness and feebleness. It is written in Khawas-ul-Adwiyah (properties of medicines) that, “Apple produces freshness; it empowers the heart, brain, liver and stomach and fattens the body. Honey, mint, conserve of roses and cinnamon are antidotes for apple. For patients of insomnia, take three masha apple juice and three masha quince seed (tied in a bundle) and boil it. Drink when gets cold, use it for one and a half week.
Some people have to keep sitting for a long time during their work. It slows down the liver, causes mental and physical abilities to get rusted and weakens the body. To get rid of this disease, take one apple, cut it into slices and keep it in a china plate in the moon light. Eat the slices in the morning. After eating it continuously for one month, you will notice an amazing change and energy in yourself. For the treatment of conjunctivitis, extract one tola apple juice, add four rattis alum to it and strain. Drop two to three drops in the eyes, it will cure the disease. If the appetite is lost, stomach is weak, one does not feel for eating and weakness is growing, extract one sour apple juice, add it to flour and eat its chapatti. People with weak stomach should keep one apple in the hot ash, mash it and eat daily. Taking fresh apple juice daily with black pepper, cumin and salt increases appetite and strengthens the stomach. It is said that even Hakim Luqman could not treat superstition but there is a tip regarding apple that can treat this disease. Add sweet apple to your morning and evening diet, Insha’Allah this disease will be cured gradually. You can protect your health by eating an apple daily. It will not let the amount of calcium increase in the body and remove the lime through stool. Apple produces fresh blood.
There is no other tonic better then apple for facial skin. Temporary makeup beautifies the face for a short time but it cannot be an alternate for natural beauty. Eating apple gives beauty to the face and keeps the skin soft and smooth. Redness of the apple also makes the cheeks red.
Recipe to make apple jam: Take big and unstained apples, remove their seeds, peel and wash carefully. Mash them well with fork and put in the salted water so that they may not turn black. For one seer apples, boil one seer sugar with four seer water. Add the apples to this syrup and cook for twenty minutes. Leave it overnight and cook again the next day. Remove from fire when it becomes thick, apply silver leaves and eat as you like. It strengthens the heart and brain.